Invertase inhibitors and methods of use

ABSTRACT

Methods and compositions for increasing yield in plants, particularly seed plants, are provided. The compositions comprise novel nucleic acid molecules encoding invertase inhibitors, antisense nucleotides corresponding to invertase inhibitors, and variants and fragments thereof. Such compositions find use in methods to modulate invertase activity in plants. The compositions are also useful in methods to modulate kernel development and for protecting plants against the harmful/detrimental effects of stress and adverse environmental conditions. The nucleotide sequences may be provided in constructs for temporal, developmental, and tissue preference. 
     Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds are additionally provided.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional No. 60/181,509,filed Feb. 10, 2000.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention is drawn to the genetic modification of plants,particularly to the ablation of invertase inhibitor function to maintainfemale fertility.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In cereals, water deficits can disrupt reproductive development andinduce large yield reductions. In fact, the shortage of water duringpollination increases the frequence of kernel abortion in maize(Westgate & Boyer (1986) Crop Sci. 26:951). The effects of water deficitare also seen around anthesis which also affects grain number (Schussler& Westgate (1991) Crop Sci. 31:1196). The losses around anthesis havebeen variously attributed to abnormal embryo-sac development ordecreased silk receptivity depending upon when the water deficit occurs.

Low water potential inhibits dry matter accumulation and increases theconcentration of assimilates in reproductive tissues (Zinselmeier et al.(1995) Plant Physiol. 107:385). Leaf water potentials decrease as waterdeficits develop, and photosynthesis is inhibited at the low waterpotentials causing embryo abortion. It has been demonstrated that byinfusing a modified tissue culture medium into the stems and maintainingthe supply of carbohydrate in addition to amino acids, basal salts,plant growth regulators, vitamins, and myo-inositol, early reproductivedevelopment could be sustained (Boyle et al. (1991) Crop Sci. 31:1246).

Under conditions of adequate water, maize ovaries accumulate starchduring pollination and early kernel growth. The partitioning into starchreserves depends on assimilate supply as well as demand. At low waterpotential, starch levels in the reproductive shoot decrease indicatingthat assimilate supply is not sufficient to meet demand in thereproductive tissues of water-deficient plants.

Sucrose is the predominate sugar in higher plants. It serves severalimportant functions, including acting as the major carbohydratetransport form, as a storage compound, and as an osmoprotectant. Higherplants metabolize sucrose either by sucrose synthase or by invertases(Greiner et al. (1998) Plant Physiol. 116:733). Plant invertases arelocated in the vacuole, the cytoplasm, and the cell wall. Thesedifferent invertase isoenzymes each have specific functions requiringindependent regulation. Several invertase isoforms have been cloned andtheir expression studied with respect to developmental regulation andtissue or cell-preferred expression (Cheng et al (1996) Plant Cell8:971; Weber et al. (1995) Plant Cell 7:1835).

Because stress can have deleterious effects on plant growth and yield,methods are needed to increase yield in plants, particularly understress conditions.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Methods and compositions for increasing yield in plants, particularlyseed plants, are provided. The compositions comprise novel nucleic acidmolecules encoding invertase inhibitors, antisense nucleotidescorresponding to invertase inhibitors, and variants and fragmentsthereof. Such compositions find use in methods to modulate invertaseactivity in plants. The compositions are also useful in methods tomodulate kernel development and for protecting plants against theharmful/detrimental effects of stress and adverse environmentalconditions. The nucleotide sequences may be provided in constructs fortemporal, developmental, and tissue preference.

Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds are additionallyprovided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 depicts the effect of recombinant inhibitor on maize invertaseactivity.

FIG. 1A indicates that with increasing quantity of inhibitor, invertaseactivity decreases. FIG. 1B indicates that sucrose ameliorates theeffect of invertase inhibitor on maize invertase.

FIG. 2 indicates that gene expression for maize invertase inhibitor islimited to early seed development. RT-PCR was used to detect invertaseinhibitor expression in leaf, root, tassel and 4 DAP, 7 DAP, 10 DAP and15 DAP kernels. Tubulin mRNA was detected as a constitutive control(data not shown).

FIG. 3 is a schematic of the transgene construct transferred into maizeand arabidopsis plants. The constitutive Ubi (ubiquitin) promotercontrols expression of the invertase inhibitor nucleotide sequence.

FIG. 4 shows an analysis of overexpression of maize invertase inhibitorin leaf tissue of stable transgenic lines. M1 and M2 are molecularweight markers, while WT present results from an untransformed control.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Compositions and methods for modulating invertase function in plants areprovided. The compositions comprise nucleotide sequences encodinginvertase inhibitors, variants and fragments thereof. Nucleotidesequences of the invention also comprise complementary sequences for theinvertase inhibitor genes. Particularly, a maize invertase inhibitor isprovided.

Generally, the identification of a maize invertase inhibitor from earlykernel tissues suggests that it may modulate kernel development inresponse to a continuing carbohydrate supply. Both the cell wallinvertase and its corresponding invertase inhibitor may be co-expressedin early developing kernels. In the presence of sucrose to support earlykernel development, the invertase inhibitor remains inactive. Thus, theinvertase acts to supply the kernel with glucose and fructose. Ininstances where there is an inefficient amount of sucrose, the invertaseinhibitor becomes active and inhibits the invertase activity resultingin kernel abortion. Thus, stress and transient decreases in sucroseresult in irretrievable losses in yield.

The present invention provides a means for inactivating the activity ofthe invertase inhibitor preventing yield losses and promoting kerneldevelopment. Any method for inactivating the invertase inhibitor in aplant is encompassed by the invention. For example, using a TUSC-likeapproach, an insertion may be made into the invertase inhibitor codingsequence to disable the gene. See, Benson et al. (1995) Plant Cell7:75-84; Mena et al. (1996) Science 274:1537-1540; and U.S. Pat. No.5,962,764; herein incorporated by reference. Likewise, the codingsequence or antisense sequence for the invertase inhibitor codingsequence may be used to co-suppress or antisense the activity of theinvertase inhibitor gene.

Unlike previously characterized invertase inhibitors (e.g. WO 98/04722,WO 00/09719), it has been shown that the yeast invertase gene issensitive to the invertase inhibitors of the invention (Table 1). Theyeast invertase is less sensitive to the invertase inhibitors of theinvention than other invertases (FIG. 1, Table 1). Therefore the yeastinvertase is an attractive option to supplement invertase activity in aplant. The yeast invertase gene could be used in an expression cassette,particularly with promoters to drive expression during early kerneldevelopment. Yeast invertase sequences for use in the invention include,for example, Weber et al. (1998) Plant J. 16:163; Sonnewald et al.(1991) Plant J. 1:95-106; von Schaewen et al. (1990) EMBO J. 10: 3033;Silveira et al. (1996) Anal Biochem 238:26, Roitsch et al. (1989) Eur.J. Biochem 181:733; Tussig et al. (1983) Nucleic Acids Res. 11:1943-54;the disclosures of which are herein incorporated by reference. Theconstruct may further comprise an apoplastic targeting signal to directit to the cell wall. This approach would essentially supplementinvertase activity in a plant.

TABLE 1 Effect of recombinant invertase inhibitor on invertase activity.Effect of recombinant invertase inhibitor on invertase activity (umolreducing sugar/mg protein/min; SD in parentheses; n = 3). Yeast valuesare expressed in mol reducing sugar; n = 6). +Inh = 75 pMol recombinantinvertase inhibitor, +Suc = 5 mM sucrose. Invertase Activity ProteinPreparation −Inh, −Suc +Inh, −Suc +Inh, +Suc Arabidopsis Soluble   2.9(0.11)  1.6 (0.23)  2.3 (0.04) Arabidopsis Insoluble   1.8 (0.09)  1.3(0.10)  1.5 (0.11) Tomato Soluble 303.8 (8.3) 248.9 (11.9) 317.5 (32.7)Tomato Insoluble  29.2 (5.1)  12.8 (3.3)  20.9 (0.44) Yeast   2.9 (0.20) 1.7 (0.19)  1.8 (0.19)

Compositions of the invention include nucleotide sequences that areinvolved in invertase inhibitor activity. In particular, the presentinvention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules set forth in SEQID NO[s]: 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43, 46,49, and 52 comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acidsequences shown in SEQ ID NO[s]: 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29,32, 35, 38, 41, 44, 47, 50, and 53, respectively. The coding sequence ofSEQ ID NO[s]: 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 38, 41, 44,47, 50, and 53 are provided in SEQ ID NO: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24,27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51, and 54, respectively. Furtherprovided are polypeptides having an amino acid sequence encoded by anucleic acid molecule described herein, for example those set forth inSEQ ID NO[s]: 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43,46, 49, 52, and fragments and variants thereof.

It is recognized that with these nucleotide sequences, antisenseconstructions, complementary to at least a portion of the messenger RNA(mRNA) for the invertase inhibitor sequences can be constructed.Antisense nucleotides are constructed to hybridize with thecorresponding mRNA. Modifications of the antisense sequences may be madeas long as the sequences hybridize to and interfere with expression ofthe corresponding mRNA. In this manner, antisense constructions having70%, preferably 80%, more preferably 85% sequence identity to thecorresponding antisensed sequences may be used. Furthermore, portions ofthe antisense nucleotides may be used to disrupt the expression of thetarget gene. Generally, sequences of at least 50 nucleotides, 100nucleotides, 200 nucleotides, or greater may be used.

The nucleotide sequences of the present invention may also be used inthe sense orientation to suppress the expression of endogenous genes inplants. Methods for suppressing gene expression in plants usingnucleotide sequences in the sense orientation are known in the art. Themethods generally involve transforming plants with a DNA constructcomprising a promoter that drives expression in a plant operably linkedto at least a portion of a nucleotide sequence that corresponds to thetranscript of the endogenous gene. Typically, such a nucleotide sequencehas substantial sequence identity to the sequence of the transcript ofthe endogenous gene, preferably greater than about 65% sequenceidentity, more preferably greater than about 85% sequence identity, mostpreferably 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% sequenceidentity. See, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,283,184 and 5,034,323; hereinincorporated by reference.

The invention encompasses isolated or substantially purified nucleicacid or protein compositions. An “isolated” or “purified” nucleic acidmolecule or protein, or biologically active portion thereof, issubstantially or essentially free from components that normallyaccompany or interact with the nucleic acid molecule or protein as foundin its naturally occurring environment. Thus, an isolated or purifiednucleic acid molecule or protein is substantially free of other cellularmaterial, or culture medium when produced by recombinant techniques, orsubstantially free of chemical precursors or other chemicals whenchemically synthesized. Preferably, an “isolated” nucleic acid is freeof sequences (preferably protein encoding sequences) that naturallyflank the nucleic acid (i.e., sequences located at the 5′ and 3′ ends ofthe nucleic acid) in the genomic DNA of the organism from which thenucleic acid is derived. For example, in various embodiments, theisolated nucleic acid molecule can contain less than about 5 kb, 4 kb, 3kb, 2 kb, 1 kb, 0.5 kb, or 0.1 kb of nucleotide sequences that naturallyflank the nucleic acid molecule in genomic DNA of the cell from whichthe nucleic acid is derived. A protein that is substantially free ofcellular material includes preparations of protein having less thanabout 30%, 20%, 10%, 5%, (by dry weight) of contaminating protein. Whenthe protein of the invention or biologically active portion thereof isrecombinantly produced, preferably culture medium represents less thanabout 30%, 20%, 10%, or 5% (by dry weight) of chemical precursors ornon-protein-of-interest chemicals.

Fragments and variants of the disclosed nucleotide sequences andproteins encoded thereby are also encompassed by the present invention.By “fragment” is intended a portion of the nucleotide sequence or aportion of the amino acid sequence and hence protein encoded thereby.Fragments of a nucleotide sequence may encode protein fragments thatretain the biological activity of the native protein and hence exhibitinvertase inhibitor activity. Alternatively, fragments of a nucleotidesequence that are useful as hybridization probes generally do not encodefragment proteins retaining biological activity. Thus, nucleic acidmolecules that are fragments of an invertase inhibitor nucleotidesequence comprise at least 15, 20, 50, 75, 100, 325, 350, 375, 400, 425,450, 500, 550, 600 or up to 609 nucleotides present in the nucleotidesequences disclosed herein (e.g. 665, 981, 779, 633, 844, 775, 686, 709,1067, 1214, 782, 814, 766, 826, 983, 609, 673, or 665 nucleotides forSEQ ID NO: 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43, 46,49, or 52, respectively). Alternatively, a nucleic acid molecule that isa fragment of an invertase inhibitor-like nucleotide sequence of thepresent invention comprises a nucleotide sequence consisting ofnucleotides 1-100, 100-200, 200-300, 300-400, 400-500, 500-600, or up tothe full length of each nucleotide sequence disclosed herein.

By “variants” is intended substantially similar sequences. Fornucleotide sequences, conservative variants include those sequencesthat, because of the degeneracy of the genetic code, encode the aminoacid sequence of the invertase inhibitor polypeptides of the invention.Naturally occurring allelic variants such as these can be identifiedwith the use of well-known molecular biology techniques, as, forexample, with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and hybridizationtechniques as outlined below. Variant nucleotide sequences also includesynthetically derived nucleotide sequences, such as those generated, forexample, by using site-directed mutagenesis but which still encode aprotein of the invention. Generally, variants of a particular nucleotidesequence of the invention will have at least 65% or 70%, generally atleast 75%, 80%, 85%, preferably about 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, ormore preferably 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% sequence identity to thatparticular nucleotide sequence as determined by sequence alignmentprograms described elsewhere herein using default parameters.

By “variant” protein is intended a protein derived from the nativeprotein by deletion (so-called truncation) or addition of one or moreamino acids to the N-terminal and/or C-terminal end of the nativeprotein; deletion or addition of one or more amino acids at one or moresites in the native protein; or substitution of one or more amino acidsat one or more sites in the native protein. Variant proteins encompassedby the present invention are biologically active, that is they continueto possess the desired biological activity of the native protein, thatis, invertase inhibitor activity as described herein. Such variants mayresult from, for example, genetic polymorphism or from humanmanipulation. Biologically active variants of the invention will have atleast 65% or 70%, generally at least 75%, 80%, 85%, preferably 90%, 91%,92%, 93%, 94%, 95% or more preferably 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% sequenceidentity to the amino acid sequence for the native protein as determinedby sequence alignment programs described elsewhere herein using defaultparameters. A biologically active variant of a protein of the inventionmay differ from that protein by as few as 1-15 amino acid residues, asfew as 1-10, such as 6-10, as few as 5, as few as 4, 3, 2, or even 1amino acid residue.

The proteins of the invention may be altered in various ways includingamino acid substitutions, deletions, truncations, and insertions.Methods for such manipulations are generally known in the art. Forexample, amino acid sequence variants of the proteins can be prepared bymutations in the DNA. Methods for mutagenesis and nucleotide sequencealterations are well known in the art. See, for example, Kunkel (1985)Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82:488-492; Kunkel et al. (1987) Methods inEnzymol. 154:367-382; U.S. Pat. No. 4,873,192; Walker and Gaastra, eds.(1983) Techniques in Molecular Biology (MacMillan Publishing Company,New York) and the references cited therein. Guidance as to appropriateamino acid substitutions that do not affect biological activity of theprotein of interest may be found in the model of Dayhoff et al. (1978)Atlas of Protein Sequence and Structure (Natl. Biomed. Res. Found.,Washington, D.C.), herein incorporated by reference. Conservativesubstitutions, such as exchanging one amino acid with another havingsimilar properties, may be preferred.

Thus, the genes and nucleotide sequences of the invention include boththe naturally occurring sequences as well as mutant forms. Likewise, theproteins of the invention encompass both naturally occurring proteins aswell as variations and modified forms thereof. Such variants willcontinue to possess the desired activity. Obviously, the mutations thatwill be made in the DNA encoding the variant must not place the sequenceout of reading frame and preferably will not create complementaryregions that could produce secondary mRNA structure. See, EP PatentApplication Publication No. 75,444.

The deletions, insertions, and substitutions of the protein sequenceencompassed herein are not expected to produce radical changes in thecharacteristics of the protein. However, when it is difficult to predictthe exact effect of the substitution, deletion, or insertion in advanceof doing so, one skilled in the art will appreciate that the effect willbe evaluated by routine screening assays. That is, the activity can beevaluated by the ability to inhibit invertase activity. See, forexample, Weil et al. (1994) Planta 193:438-45, herein incorporated byreference.

Variant nucleotide sequences and proteins also encompass sequences andproteins derived from a mutagenic and recombinogenic procedure such asDNA shuffling. With such a procedure, one or more different invertaseinhibitor coding sequences can be manipulated to create a new invertaseinhibitor possessing the desired properties. In this manner, librariesof recombinant polynucleotides are generated from a population ofrelated sequence polynucleotides comprising sequence regions that havesubstantial sequence identity and can be homologously recombined invitro or in vivo. For example, using this approach, sequence motifsencoding a domain of interest may be shuffled between the invertaseinhibitor gene of the invention and other known invertase inhibitorgenes to obtain a new gene coding for a protein with an improvedproperty of interest, such as insensitivity to sucrose deprivation. Inaddition, all or a portion of the nucleotide sequences of the inventionthat encode a fragment or variant of an invertase inhibitor polypeptidemay be shuffled between other invertase inhibitor sequences of theinvention or other known invertase inhibitor sequences. Strategies forsuch DNA shuffling are known in the art. See, for example, Stemmer(1994) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91:10747-10751; Stemmer (1994) Nature370:389-391; Crameri et al. (1997) Nature Biotech. 15:436-438; Moore etal. (1997) J. Mol. Biol. 272:336-347; Zhang et al. (1997) Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci. USA 94:4504-4509; Crameri et al. (1998) Nature 391:288-291;and U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,605,793 and 5,837,458.

The nucleotide sequences of the invention can be used to isolatecorresponding sequences from other organisms, particularly other plants,more particularly other monocots. In this manner, methods such as PCR,hybridization, and the like can be used to identify such sequences basedon their sequence homology to the sequence[] set forth herein. Sequencesisolated based on their sequence identity to the entire sequence setforth herein or to fragments thereof are encompassed by the presentinvention. Such sequences include sequences that are orthologs of thedisclosed sequences. By “orthologs” is intended genes derived from acommon ancestral gene and which are found in different species as aresult of speciation. Genes found in different species are consideredorthologs when their nucleotide sequences and/or their encoded proteinsequences share substantial identity as defined elsewhere herein.Functions of orthologs are often highly conserved among species.

In a PCR approach, oligonucleotide primers can be designed for use inPCR reactions to amplify corresponding DNA sequences from cDNA orgenomic DNA extracted from any plant of interest. Methods for designingPCR primers and PCR cloning are generally known in the art and aredisclosed in Sambrook et al. (1989) Molecular Cloning: A LaboratoryManual (2d ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Plainview, N.Y.).See also Innis et al., eds. (1990) PCR Protocols: A Guide to Methods andApplications (Academic Press, New York); Innis and Gelfand, eds. (1995)PCR Strategies (Academic Press, New York); and Innis and Gelfand, eds.(1999) PCR Methods Manual (Academic Press, New York). Known methods ofPCR include, but are not limited to, methods using paired primers,nested primers, single specific primers, degenerate primers,gene-specific primers, vector-specific primers, partially-mismatchedprimers, and the like.

In hybridization techniques, all or part of a known nucleotide sequenceis used as a probe that selectively hybridizes to other correspondingnucleotide sequences present in a population of cloned genomic DNAfragments or cDNA fragments (i.e., genomic or cDNA libraries) from achosen organism. The hybridization probes may be genomic DNA fragments,cDNA fragments, RNA fragments, or other oligonucleotides, and may belabeled with a detectable group such as ³²P, or any other detectablemarker. Methods for preparation of probes for hybridization and forconstruction of cDNA and genomic libraries are generally known in theart and are disclosed in Sambrook et al. (1989) Molecular Cloning: ALaboratory Manual (2d ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,Plainview, N.Y.).

To achieve specific hybridization under a variety of conditions, probesinclude sequences that are unique among invertase inhibitor sequencesand are preferably at least about 10 nucleotides in length, and mostpreferably at least about 20 nucleotides in length. Such probes may beused to amplify corresponding sequences from a chosen plant or organismby PCR. Hybridization techniques include hybridization screening ofplated DNA libraries (either plaques or colonies; see, for example,Sambrook et al. (1989) Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual (2d ed.,Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Plainview, N.Y.).

Hybridization of such sequences may be carried out under stringentconditions. By “stringent conditions” or “stringent hybridizationconditions” is intended conditions under which a probe will hybridize toits target sequence to a detectably greater degree than to othersequences (e.g., at least 2-fold over background). Stringent conditionsare sequence-dependent and will be different in different circumstances.By controlling the stringency of the hybridization and/or washingconditions, target sequences that are 100% complementary to the probecan be identified (homologous probing). Alternatively, stringencyconditions can be adjusted to allow some mismatching in sequences sothat lower degrees of similarity are detected (heterologous probing).Generally, a probe is less than about 1000 nucleotides in length,preferably less than 500 nucleotides in length.

Typically, stringent conditions will be those in which the saltconcentration is less than about 1.5 M Na ion, typically about 0.01 to1.0 M Na ion concentration (or other salts) at pH 7.0 to 8.3 and thetemperature is at least about 30° C. for short probes (e.g., 10 to 50nucleotides) and at least about 60° C. for long probes (e.g., greaterthan 50 nucleotides). Stringent conditions may also be achieved with theaddition of destabilizing agents such as formamide. Exemplary lowstringency conditions include hybridization with a buffer solution of 30to 35% formamide, 1 M NaCl, 1% SDS (sodium dodecyl sulphate) at 37° C.,and a wash in 1× to 2×SSC (20×SSC=3.0 M NaCl/0.3 M trisodium citrate) at50 to 55° C. Exemplary moderate stringency conditions includehybridization in 40 to 45% formamide, 1.0 M NaCl, 1% SDS at 37° C., anda wash in 0.5× to 1×SSC at 55 to 60° C. Exemplary high stringencyconditions include hybridization in 50% formamide, 1 M NaCl, 1% SDS at37° C., and a wash in 0.1×SSC at 60 to 65° C. Duration of hybridizationis generally less than about 24 hours, usually about 4 to about 12hours.

Specificity is typically the function of post-hybridization washes, thecritical factors being the ionic strength and temperature of the finalwash solution. For DNA-DNA hybrids, the T_(m) can be approximated fromthe equation of Meinkoth and Wahl (1984) Anal. Biochem. 138:267-284:T_(m)=81.5° C.+16.6 (log M)+0.41 (%GC)−0.61 (% form)−500/L; where M isthe molarity of monovalent cations, %GC is the percentage of guanosineand cytosine nucleotides in the DNA, % form is the percentage offormamide in the hybridization solution, and L is the length of thehybrid in base pairs. The T_(m) is the temperature (under defined ionicstrength and pH) at which 50% of a complementary target sequencehybridizes to a perfectly matched probe. T_(m) is reduced by about 1° C.for each 1% of mismatching; thus, T_(m), hybridization, and/or washconditions can be adjusted to hybridize to sequences of the desiredidentity. For example, if sequences with ≧90% identity are sought, theT_(m) can be decreased 10° C. Generally, stringent conditions areselected to be about 5° C. lower than the thermal melting point (T_(m))for the specific sequence and its complement at a defined ionic strengthand pH. However, severely stringent conditions can utilize ahybridization and/or wash at 1, 2, 3, or 4° C. lower than the thermalmelting point (T_(m)); moderately stringent conditions can utilize ahybridization and/or wash at 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10° C. lower than thethermal melting point (T_(m)); low stringency conditions can utilize ahybridization and/or wash at 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, or 20° C. lower thanthe thermal melting point (T_(m)). Using the equation, hybridization andwash compositions, and desired T_(m), those of ordinary skill willunderstand that variations in the stringency of hybridization and/orwash solutions are inherently described. If the desired degree ofmismatching results in a T_(m) of less than 45° C. (aqueous solution) or32° C. (formamide solution), it is preferred to increase the SSCconcentration so that a higher temperature can be used. An extensiveguide to the hybridization of nucleic acids is found in Tijssen (1993)Laboratory Techniques in Biochemistry and MolecularBiology—Hybridization with Nucleic Acid Probes, Part I, Chapter 2(Elsevier, N.Y.); and Ausubel et al., eds. (1995) Current Protocols inMolecular Biology, Chapter 2 (Greene Publishing and Wiley-Interscience,New York). See Sambrook et al. (1989) Molecular Cloning: A LaboratoryManual (2d ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Plainview, N.Y.).

Thus, isolated sequences that encode for an invertase inhibitor proteinand which hybridize under stringent conditions to the sequencesdisclosed herein, or to fragments thereof, are encompassed by thepresent invention. Such sequences will be at least about 60%, 65%, or70% homologous, and even at least about 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more homologous with the disclosedsequence[s]. That is, the sequence identity of sequences may range,sharing at least about 60%, 65%, or 70%, and even at least about 75%,80%, 85%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or moresequence identity.

The following terms are used to describe the sequence relationshipsbetween two or more nucleic acids or polynucleotides: (a) “referencesequence”, (b) “comparison window”, (c) “sequence identity”, (d)“percentage of sequence identity”, and (e) “substantial identity”.

(a) As used herein, “reference sequence” is a defined sequence used as abasis for sequence comparison. A reference sequence may be a subset orthe entirety of a specified sequence; for example, as a segment of afull-length cDNA or gene sequence, or the complete cDNA or genesequence.

(b) As used herein, “comparison window” makes reference to a contiguousand specified segment of a polynucleotide sequence, wherein thepolynucleotide sequence in the comparison window may comprise additionsor deletions (i.e., gaps) compared to the reference sequence (which doesnot comprise additions or deletions) for optimal alignment of the twosequences. Generally, the comparison window is at least 20 contiguousnucleotides in length, and optionally can be 30, 40, 50, 100, or longer.Those of skill in the art understand that to avoid a high similarity toa reference sequence due to inclusion of gaps in the polynucleotidesequence a gap penalty is typically introduced and is subtracted fromthe number of matches.

Methods of alignment of sequences for comparison are well known in theart. Thus, the determination of percent sequence identity between anytwo sequences can be accomplished using a mathematical algorithm.Non-limiting examples of such mathematical algorithms are the algorithmof Myers and Miller (1988) CABIOS 4:11-17; the local homology algorithmof Smith et al. (1981) Adv. Appl. Math. 2:482; the homology alignmentalgorithm of Needleman and Wunsch (1970) J. Mol. Biol. 48:443-453; thesearch-for-similarity-method of Pearson and Lipman (1988) Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci. 85:2444-2448; the algorithm of Karlin and Altschul (1990)Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 872264, modified as in Karlin and Altschul(1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:5873-5877.

Computer implementations of these mathematical algorithms can beutilized for comparison of sequences to determine sequence identity.Such implementations include, but are not limited to: CLUSTAL in thePC/Gene program (available from Intelligenetics, Mountain View, Calif.);the ALIGN program (Version 2.0) and GAP, BESTFIT, BLAST, FASTA, andTFASTA in the Wisconsin Genetics Software Package, Version 8 (availablefrom Genetics Computer Group (GCG), 575 Science Drive, Madison, Wis.,USA). Alignments using these programs can be performed using the defaultparameters. The CLUSTAL program is well described by Higgins et al.(1988) Gene 73:237-244 (1988); Higgins et al. (1989) CABIOS 5:151-153;Corpet et al. (1988) Nucleic Acids Res. 16:10881-90; Huang et al. (1992)CABIOS 8:155-65; and Pearson et al. (1994) Meth. Mol. Biol. 24:307-331.The ALIGN program is based on the algorithm of Myers and Miller (1988)supra. A PAM120 weight residue table, a gap length penalty of 12, and agap penalty of 4 can be used with the ALIGN program when comparing aminoacid sequences. The BLAST programs of Altschul et al (1990) J. Mol.Biol. 215:403 are based on the algorithm of Karlin and Altschul (1990)supra. BLAST nucleotide searches can be performed with the BLASTNprogram, score=100, wordlength=12, to obtain nucleotide sequenceshomologous to a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein of the invention.BLAST protein searches can be performed with the BLASTX program,score=50, wordlength=3, to obtain amino acid sequences homologous to aprotein or polypeptide of the invention. To obtain gapped alignments forcomparison purposes, Gapped BLAST (in BLAST 2.0) can be utilized asdescribed in Altschul et al. (1997) Nucleic Acids Res. 25:3389.Alternatively, PSI-BLAST (in BLAST 2.0) can be used to perform aniterated search that detects distant relationships between molecules.See Altschul et al. (1997) supra. When utilizing BLAST, Gapped BLAST,PSI-BLAST, the default parameters of the respective programs (e.g.,BLASTN for nucleotide sequences, BLASTX for proteins) can be used. Seehttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Alignment may also be performed manually byinspection.

Unless otherwise stated, sequence identity/similarity values providedherein refer to the value obtained using GAP Version 10 using thefollowing parameters: % identity using GAP Weight of 50 and LengthWeight of 3; % similarity using Gap Weight of 12 and Length Weight of 4,or any equivalent program. By “equivalent program” is intended anysequence comparison program that, for any two sequences in question,generates an alignment having identical nucleotide or amino acid residuematches and an identical percent sequence identity when compared to thecorresponding alignment generated by the preferred program.

GAP uses the algorithm of Needleman and Wunsch (1970) J. Mol. Biol. 48:443-453, to find the alignment of two complete sequences that maximizesthe number of matches and minimizes the number of gaps. GAP considersall possible alignments and gap positions and creates the alignment withthe largest number of matched bases and the fewest gaps. It allows forthe provision of a gap creation penalty and a gap extension penalty inunits of matched bases. GAP must make a profit of gap creation penaltynumber of matches for each gap it inserts. If a gap extension penaltygreater than zero is chosen, GAP must, in addition, make a profit foreach gap inserted of the length of the gap times the gap extensionpenalty. Default gap creation penalty values and gap extension penaltyvalues in Version 10 of the Wisconsin Genetics Software Package forprotein sequences are 8 and 2, respectively. For nucleotide sequencesthe default gap creation penalty is 50 while the default gap extensionpenalty is 3. The gap creation and gap extension penalties can beexpressed as an integer selected from the group of integers consistingof from 0 to 200. Thus, for example, the gap creation and gap extensionpenalties can be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35,40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65 or greater.

GAP presents one member of the family of best alignments. There may bemany members of this family, but no other member has a better quality.GAP displays four figures of merit for alignments: Quality, Ratio,Identity, and Similarity. The Quality is the metric maximized in orderto align the sequences. Ratio is the quality divided by the number ofbases in the shorter segment. Percent Identity is the percent of thesymbols that actually match. Percent Similarity is the percent of thesymbols that are similar. Symbols that are across from gaps are ignored.A similarity is scored when the scoring matrix value for a pair ofsymbols is greater than or equal to 0.50, the similarity threshold. Thescoring matrix used in Version 10 of the Wisconsin Genetics SoftwarePackage is BLOSUM62 (see Henikoff and Henikoff (1989) Proc. Natl. Acad.Sci. USA 89:10915).

(c) As used herein, “sequence identity” or “identity” in the context oftwo nucleic acid or polypeptide sequences makes reference to theresidues in the two sequences that are the same when aligned for maximumcorrespondence over a specified comparison window. When percentage ofsequence identity is used in reference to proteins it is recognized thatresidue positions which are not identical often differ by conservativeamino acid substitutions, where amino acid residues are substituted forother amino acid residues with similar chemical properties (e.g., chargeor hydrophobicity) and therefore do not change the functional propertiesof the molecule. When sequences differ in conservative substitutions,the percent sequence identity may be adjusted upwards to correct for theconservative nature of the substitution. Sequences that differ by suchconservative substitutions are said to have “sequence similarity” or“similarity”. Means for making this adjustment are well known to thoseof skill in the art. Typically this involves scoring a conservativesubstitution as a partial rather than a full mismatch, therebyincreasing the percentage sequence identity. Thus, for example, where anidentical amino acid is given a score of 1 and a non-conservativesubstitution is given a score of zero, a conservative substitution isgiven a score between zero and 1. The scoring of conservativesubstitutions is calculated, e.g., as implemented in the program PC/GENE(Intelligenetics, Mountain View, Calif.).

(d) As used herein, “percentage of sequence identity” means the valuedetermined by comparing two optimally aligned sequences over acomparison window, wherein the portion of the polynucleotide sequence inthe comparison window may comprise additions or deletions (i.e., gaps)as compared to the reference sequence (which does not comprise additionsor deletions) for optimal alignment of the two sequences. The percentageis calculated by determining the number of positions at which theidentical nucleic acid base or amino acid residue occurs in bothsequences to yield the number of matched positions, dividing the numberof matched positions by the total number of positions in the window ofcomparison, and multiplying the result by 100 to yield the percentage ofsequence identity.

(e)(i) The term “substantial identity” of polynucleotide sequences meansthat a polynucleotide comprises a sequence that has at least 70%sequence identity, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least90%, and most preferably at least 95%, compared to a reference sequenceusing one of the alignment programs described using standard parameters.One of skill in the art will recognize that these values can beappropriately adjusted to determine corresponding identity of proteinsencoded by two nucleotide sequences by taking into account codondegeneracy, amino acid similarity, reading frame positioning, and thelike. Substantial identity of amino acid sequences for these purposesnormally means sequence identity of at least 60%, more preferably atleast 70%, 80%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, ormore sequence identity.

Another indication that nucleotide sequences are substantially identicalis if two molecules hybridize to each other under stringent conditions.Generally, stringent conditions are selected to be about 5° C. lowerthan the thermal melting point (T_(m)) for the specific sequence at adefined ionic strength and pH. However, stringent conditions encompasstemperatures in the range of about 1° C. to about 20° C. lower than theT_(m), depending upon the desired degree of stringency as otherwisequalified herein. Nucleic acids that do not hybridize to each otherunder stringent conditions are still substantially identical if thepolypeptides they encode are substantially identical. This may occur,e.g., when a copy of a nucleic acid is created using the maximum codondegeneracy permitted by the genetic code. One indication that twonucleic acid sequences are substantially identical is when thepolypeptide encoded by the first nucleic acid is immunologically crossreactive with the polypeptide encoded by the second nucleic acid.

(e)(ii) The term “substantial identity” in the context of a peptideindicates that a peptide comprises a sequence with at least 65% or 70%sequence identity to a reference sequence, preferably 80%, morepreferably 85%, most preferably at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to the reference sequenceover a specified comparison window. Preferably, optimal alignment isconducted using the homology alignment algorithm of Needleman and Wunsch(1970) J. Mol. Biol. 48:443-453. An indication that two peptidesequences are substantially identical is that one peptide isimmunologically reactive with antibodies raised against the secondpeptide. Thus, a peptide is substantially identical to a second peptide,for example, where the two peptides differ only by a conservativesubstitution. Peptides that are “substantially similar” share sequencesas noted above except that residue positions that are not identical maydiffer by conservative amino acid changes.

The invertase inhibitor sequences of the invention, including codingsequences and antisense sequences, may be provided in expressioncassettes for expression in the plant of interest. The cassette willinclude 5′ and 3′ regulatory sequences operably linked to a sequence ofthe invention. By “operably linked” is intended a functional linkagebetween a promoter and a second sequence, wherein the promoter sequenceinitiates and mediates transcription of the DNA sequence correspondingto the second sequence. Generally, operably linked means that thenucleic acid sequences being linked are contiguous and, where necessaryto join two protein coding regions, contiguous and in the same readingframe. The cassette may additionally contain at least one additionalgene to be cotransformed into the organism. Alternatively, theadditional gene(s) can be provided on multiple expression cassettes.

Such an expression cassette is provided with a plurality of restrictionsites for insertion of the sequence of interest to be under thetranscriptional regulation of the regulatory regions. The expressioncassette may additionally contain selectable marker genes.

The expression cassette will include in the 5′-3′ direction oftranscription, a transcriptional and translational initiation region, aninvertase inhibitor sequence of the invention, and a transcriptional andtranslational termination region functional in plants. Thetranscriptional initiation region, the promoter, may be native oranalogous or foreign or heterologous to the plant host. Additionally,the promoter may be the natural sequence or alternatively a syntheticsequence. By “foreign” is intended that the transcriptional initiationregion is not found in the native plant into which the transcriptionalinitiation region is introduced. As used herein, a chimeric genecomprises a coding sequence operably linked to a transcriptioninitiation region that is heterologous to the coding sequence.

While it may be preferable to express the sequences using heterologouspromoters, the promoter sequences used to regulate expression of theclaimed nucleotide sequences may be used. Such constructs would changeexpression levels of invertase inhibitors in the plant or other hostcell of interest. Thus, the phenotype of the plant cell or the host cell(i.e. plant, plant cell, or organism of interest) is altered.

The termination region may be native with the transcriptional initiationregion, may be native with the operably linked DNA sequence of interest,or may be derived from another source. Convenient termination regionsare available from the Ti-plasmid of A. tumefaciens, such as theoctopine synthase and nopaline synthase termination regions. See alsoGuerineau et al. (1991) Mol. Gen. Genet. 262:141-144; Proudfoot (1991)Cell 64:671-674; Sanfacon et al. (1991) Genes Dev. 5:141-149; Mogen etal. (1990) Plant Cell 2:1261-1272; Munroe et al. (1990) Gene 91:151-158;Ballas et al. (1989) Nucleic Acids Res. 17:7891-7903; and Joshi et al.(1987) Nucleic Acid Res. 15:9627-9639.

Where appropriate, the gene(s) may be optimized for increased expressionin the transformed plant. That is, the genes can be synthesized usingplant-preferred codons for improved expression. See, for example,Campbell and Gowri (1990) Plant Physiol. 92:1-11 for a discussion ofhost-preferred codon usage. Methods are available in the art forsynthesizing plant-preferred genes. See, for example, U.S. Pat. Nos.5,380,831, and 5,436,391, and Murray et al. (1989) Nucleic Acids Res.17:477-498, herein incorporated by reference.

Additional sequence modifications are known to enhance gene expressionin a cellular host. These include elimination of sequences encodingspurious polyadenylation signals, exon-intron splice site signals,transposon-like repeats, and other such well-characterized sequencesthat may be deleterious to gene expression. The G-C content of thesequence may be adjusted to levels average for a given cellular host, ascalculated by reference to known genes expressed in the host cell. Whenpossible, the sequence is modified to avoid predicted hairpin secondarymRNA structures.

The expression cassettes may additionally contain 5′ leader sequences inthe expression cassette construct. Such leader sequences can act toenhance translation. Translation leaders are known in the art andinclude: picornavirus leaders, for example, EMCV leader(Encephalomyocarditis 5′ noncoding region) (Elroy-Stein et al. (1989)Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86:6126-6130); potyvirus leaders, forexample, TEV leader (Tobacco Etch Virus) (Gallie et al. (1995) Gene165(2):233-238), MDMV leader (Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus) (Virology154:9-20), and human immunoglobulin heavy-chain binding protein (BiP)(Macejak et al. (1991) Nature 353:90-94); untranslated leader from thecoat protein mRNA of alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV RNA 4) (Jobling et al.(1987) Nature 325:622-625); tobacco mosaic virus leader (TMV) (Gallie etal. (1989) in Molecular Biology of RNA, ed. Cech (Liss, N.Y,), pp.237-256); and maize chlorotic mottle virus leader (MCMV) (Lommel et al.(1991) Virology 81:382-385). See also, Della-Cioppa et al. (1987) PlantPhysiol. 84:965-968. Other methods known to enhance translation can alsobe utilized, for example, introns, and the like.

In preparing the expression cassette, the various DNA fragments may bemanipulated, so as to provide for the DNA sequences in the properorientation and, as appropriate, in the proper reading frame. Towardthis end, adapters or linkers may be employed to join the DNA fragmentsor other manipulations may be involved to provide for convenientrestriction sites, removal of superfluous DNA, removal of restrictionsites, or the like. For this purpose, in vitro mutagenesis, primerrepair, restriction, annealing, resubstitutions, e.g., transitions andtransversions, may be involved.

A number of promoters can be used in the practice of the invention. Thepromoters can be selected based on the desired outcome. The nucleicacids can be combined with constitutive, tissue-preferred, or otherpromoters for expression in plants. Such constitutive promoters include,for example, the core promoter of the Rsyn7 promoter (WO 99/43838 andU.S. Pat. No. 6,072,050); the core CaMV 35S promoter (Odell et al.(1985) Nature 313:810-812); rice actin (McElroy et al. (1990) Plant Cell2:163-171); ubiquitin (Christensen et al. (1989) Plant Mol. Biol.12:619-632 and Christensen et al. (1992) Plant Mol. Biol. 18:675-689);pEMU (Last et al. (1991) Theor. Appl. Genet. 81:581-588); MAS (Velten etal. (1984) EMBO J. 3:2723-2730); ALS promoter (U.S. Pat. No. 5,659,026),and the like. Other constitutive promoters include, for example, U.S.Pat. Nos. 5,608,149; 5,608,144; 5,604,121; 5,569,597; 5,466,785;5,399,680; 5,268,463; and 5,608,142.

“Seed-preferred” promoters include both “seed-specific” promoters (thosepromoters active during seed development such as promoters of seedstorage proteins) as well as “seed-germinating” promoters (thosepromoters active during seed germination). See Thompson et al. (1989)BioEssays 10:108, herein incorporated by reference. Such seed-preferredpromoters include, but are not limited to, Cim1 (cytokinin-inducedmessage); cZ19B1 (maize 19 kDa zein); milps (myo-inositol-1-phosphatesynthase); and celA (cellulose synthase). Gama-zein is one example ofendosperm-preferred promoter. Glob-1 is one example of embryo-preferredpromoter. For dicots, seed-preferred promoters include, but are notlimited to, bean β-phaseolin, napin, β-conglycinin, soybean lectin,cruciferin, and the like. For monocots, seed-preferred promotersinclude, but are not limited to, maize 15 kDa zein, 22 kDa zein, 27 kDazein, g-zein, waxy, shrunken 1, shrunken 2, globulin 1, etc.

Transformation protocols as well as protocols for introducing nucleotidesequences into plants may vary depending on the type of plant or plantcell, i.e., monocot or dicot, targeted for transformation. Suitablemethods of introducing nucleotide sequences into plant cells andsubsequent insertion into the plant genome include microinjection(Crossway et al. (1986) Biotechniques 4:320-334), electroporation (Riggset al. (1986) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83:5602-5606,Agrobacterium-mediated transformation (Townsend et al., U.S. Pat. No.5,563,055; Zhao et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,981,840), direct gene transfer(Paszkowski et al. (1984) EMBO J. 3:2717-2722), and ballistic particleacceleration (see, for example, Sanford et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,945,050;Tomes et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,879,918; Tomes et al., U.S. Pat. No.5,886,244; Bidney et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,932,782; Tomes et al. (1995)“Direct DNA Transfer into Intact Plant Cells via MicroprojectileBombardment,” in Plant Cell, Tissue, and Organ Culture: FundamentalMethods, ed. Gamborg and Phillips (Springer-Verlag, Berlin); and McCabeet al. (1988) Biotechnology 6:923-926). Also see Weissinger et al.(1988) Ann. Rev. Genet. 22:421-477; Sanford et al. (1987) ParticulateScience and Technology 5:27-37 (onion); Christou et al. (1988) PlantPhysiol. 87:671-674 (soybean); McCabe et al. (1988) Bio/Technology6:923-926 (soybean); Finer and McMullen (1991) In Vitro Cell Dev. Biol.27P: 175-182 (soybean); Singh et al. (1998) Theor. Appl. Genet.96:319-324 (soybean); Datta et al. (1990) Biotechnology 8:736-740(rice); Klein et al. (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85:4305-4309(maize); Klein et al. (1988) Biotechnology 6:559-563 (maize); Tomes,U.S. Pat. No. 5,240,855; Buising et al., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,322,783 and5,324,646; Tomes et al. (1995) “Direct DNA Transfer into Intact PlantCells via Microprojectile Bombardment,” in Plant Cell, Tissue, and OrganCulture: Fundamental Methods, ed. Gamborg (Springer-Verlag, Berlin)(maize); Klein et al. (1988) Plant Physiol. 91:440-444 (maize); Fromm etal. (1990) Biotechnology 8:833-839 (maize); Hooykaas-Van Slogteren etal. (1984) Nature (London) 311:763-764; Bowen et al., U.S. Pat. No.5,736,369 (cereals); Bytebier et al. (1987) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA84:5345-5349 (Liliaceae); De Wet et al. (1985) in The ExperimentalManipulation of Ovule Tissues, ed. Chapman et al. (Longman, N.Y.), pp.197-209 (pollen); Kaeppler et al. (1990) Plant Cell Reports 9:415-418and Kaeppler et al. (1992) Theor. Appl. Genet. 84:560-566(whisker-mediated transformation); D'Halluin et al. (1992) Plant Cell4:1495-1505 (electroporation); Li et al. (1993) Plant Cell Reports12:250-255 and Christou and Ford (1995) Annals of Botany 75:407-413(rice); Osjoda et al. (1996) Nature Biotechnology 14:745-750 (maize viaAgrobacterium tumefaciens); all of which are herein incorporated byreference.

The methods of the invention involve introducing a nucleotide constructinto a plant. By “introducing” is intended presenting to the plant thenucleotide construct in such a manner that the construct gains access tothe interior of a cell of the plant. The methods of the invention do notdepend on a particular method for introducing a nucleotide construct toa plant, only that the nucleotide construct gains access to the interiorof at least one cell of the plant. Methods for introducing nucleotideconstructs into plants are known in the art including, but not limitedto, stable transformation methods, transient transformation methods, andvirus-mediated methods.

By “stable transformation” is intended that the nucleotide constructintroduced into a plant integrates into the genome of the plant and iscapable of being inherited by progeny thereof. By “transienttransformation” is intended that a nucleotide construct introduced intoa plant does not integrate into the genome of the plant.

The nucleotide constructs of the invention may be introduced into plantsby contacting plants with a virus or viral nucleic acids. Generally,such methods involve incorporating a nucleotide construct of theinvention within a viral DNA or RNA molecule. It is recognized that theinvertase inhibitor of the invention may be initially synthesized aspart of a viral polyprotein, which later may be processed by proteolysisin vivo or in vitro to produce the desired recombinant protein. Further,it is recognized that promoters of the invention also encompasspromoters utilized for transcription by viral RNA polymerases. Methodsfor introducing nucleotide constructs into plants and expressing aprotein encoded therein, involving viral DNA or RNA molecules, are knownin the art. See, for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,889,191, 5,889,190,5,866,785, 5,589,367 and 5,316,931; herein incorporated by reference.

The cells that have been transformed may be grown into plants inaccordance with conventional ways. See, for example, McCormick et al.(1986) Plant Cell Reports 5:81-84. These plants may then be grown, andeither pollinated with the same transformed strain or different strains,and the resulting hybrid having constitutive expression of the desiredphenotypic characteristic identified. Two or more generations may begrown to ensure that expression of the desired phenotypic characteristicis stably maintained and inherited and then seeds harvested to ensureexpression of the desired phenotypic characteristic has been achieved.

Plants of particular interest include grain plants that provide seeds ofinterest, oil-seed plants, and leguminous plants. Seeds of interestinclude grain seeds, such as corn, wheat, barley, rice, sorghum, rye,etc. Oil-seed plants include cotton, soybean, safflower, sunflower,Brassica, maize, alfalfa, palm, coconut, etc. Leguminous plants includebeans and peas. Beans include guar, locust bean, fenugreek, soybean,garden beans, cowpea, mungbean, lima bean, fava bean, lentils, chickpea,etc.

The present invention may be used for transformation of any plantspecies, including, but not limited to, monocots and dicots. Examples ofplants of interest include, but are not limited to, corn (Zea mays),Brassica sp. (e.g., B. napus, B. rapa, B. juncea), particularly thoseBrassica species useful as sources of seed oil, alfalfa (Medicagosativa), rice (Oryza sativa), rye (Secale cereale), sorghum (Sorghumbicolor, Sorghum vulgare), millet (e.g., pearl millet (Pennisetumglaucum), proso millet (Panicum miliaceum), foxtail millet (Setariaitalica), finger millet (Eleusine coracana)), sunflower (Helianthusannuus), safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), wheat (Triticum aestivum),soybean (Glycine max), tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), potato (Solanumtuberosum), peanuts (Arachis hypogaea), cotton (Gossypium barbadense,Gossypium hirsutum), sweet potato (Ipomoea batatus), cassava (Manihotesculenta), coffee (Coffea spp.), coconut (Cocos nucifera), pineapple(Ananas comosus), citrus trees (Citrus spp.), cocoa (Theobroma cacao),tea (Camellia sinensis), banana (Musa spp.), avocado (Persea americana),fig (Ficus casica), guava (Psidium guajava), mango (Mangifera indica),olive (Olea europaea), papaya (Carica papaya), cashew (Anacardiumoccidentale), macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia), almond (Prunusamygdalus), sugar beets (Beta vulgaris), sugarcane (Saccharum spp.),oats, barley, vegetables, ornamentals, and conifers.

Vegetables include tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum), lettuce (e.g.,Lactuca sativa), green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), lima beans (Phaseoluslimensis), peas (Lathyrus spp.), and members of the genus Cucumis suchas cucumber (C. sativus), cantaloupe (C. cantalupensis), and musk melon(C. melo). Ornamentals include azalea (Rhododendron spp.), hydrangea(Macrophylla hydrangea), hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasanensis), roses (Rosaspp.), tulips (Tulipa spp.), daffodils (Narcissus spp.), petunias(Petunia hybrida), carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus), poinsettia(Euphorbia pulcherrima), and chrysanthemum. Conifers that may beemployed in practicing the present invention include, for example, pinessuch as loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), slash pine (Pinus elliotii),ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), andMonterey pine (Pinus radiata); Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii);Western hemlock (Tsuga canadensis); Sitka spruce (Picea glauca); redwood(Sequoia sempervirens); true firs such as silver fir (Abies amabilis)and balsam fir (Abies balsamea); and cedars such as Western red cedar(Thuja plicata) and Alaska yellow-cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis).Preferably, plants of the present invention are crop plants (forexample, corn, alfalfa, sunflower, Brassica, soybean, cotton, safflower,peanut, sorghum, wheat, millet, tobacco, etc.), more preferably corn andsoybean plants, yet more preferably corn plants.

The following examples are offered by way of illustration and not by wayof limitation.

EXPERIMENTAL EXAMPLE 1 Transformation and Regeneration of TransgenicPlants

Immature maize embryos from greenhouse donor plants are bombarded with aplasmid containing the antisense sequence corresponding to SEQ ID NO: 1operably linked to an Ubi promoter plus a plasmid containing theselectable marker gene PAT (Wohlleben et al. (1988) Gene 70:25-37) thatconfers resistance to the herbicide Bialaphos. Transformation isperformed as follows. Media recipes follow below.

Preparation of Target Tissue

The ears are surface sterilized in 30% Chlorox bleach plus 0.5% Microdetergent for 20 minutes, and rinsed two times with sterile water. Theimmature embryos are excised and placed embryo axis side down (scutellumside up), 25 embryos per plate, on 560Y medium for 4 hours and thenaligned within the 2.5-cm target zone in preparation for bombardment.

Preparation of DNA

A plasmid vector comprising the antisense sequence corresponding to SEQID NO: 1 operably linked to a Rsgn7 promoter is made. This plasmid DNAplus plasmid DNA containing a PAT selectable marker is precipitated onto1.1 μm (average diameter) tungsten pellets using a CaCl₂ precipitationprocedure as follows:

100 μl prepared tungsten particles in water

10 μl (1 μg) DNA in TrisEDTA buffer (1 μg total)

100 μl 2.5 M CaCl₂

10 μl 0.1 M spermidine

Each reagent is added sequentially to the tungsten particle suspension,while maintained on the multitube vortexer. The final mixture issonicated briefly and allowed to incubate under constant vortexing for10 minutes. After the precipitation period, the tubes are centrifugedbriefly, liquid removed, washed with 500 ml 100% ethanol, andcentrifuged for 30 seconds. Again the liquid is removed, and 105 μl 100%ethanol is added to the final tungsten particle pellet. For particle gunbombardment, the tungsten/DNA particles are briefly sonicated and 10 μlspotted onto the center of each macrocarrier and allowed to dry about 2minutes before bombardment.

Particle Gun Treatment

The sample plates are bombarded at level #4 in particle gun #HE34-1 or#HE34-2. All samples receive a single shot at 650 PSI, with a total often aliquots taken from each tube of prepared particles/DNA.

Subsequent Treatment

Following bombardment, the embryos are kept on 560Y medium for 2 days,then transferred to 560R selection medium containing 3 mg/literBialaphos, and subcultured every 2 weeks. After approximately 10 weeksof selection, selection-resistant callus clones are transferred to 288Jmedium to initiate plant regeneration. Following somatic embryomaturation (2-4 weeks), well-developed somatic embryos are transferredto medium for germination and transferred to the lighted culture room.Approximately 7-10 days later, developing plantlets are transferred to272V hormone-free medium in tubes for 7-10 days until plantlets are wellestablished. Plants are then transferred to inserts in flats (equivalentto 2.5″ pot) containing potting soil and grown for 1 week in a growthchamber, subsequently grown an additional 1-2 weeks in the greenhouse,then transferred to classic 600 pots (1.6 gallon) and grown to maturity.Plants are monitored and scored.

Bombardment and Culture Media

Bombardment medium (560Y) comprises 4.0 g/l N6 basal salts (SIGMAC-1416), 1.0 ml/l Eriksson's Vitamin Mix (1000×SIGMA-1511), 0.5 mg/lthiamine HCl, 120.0 g/l sucrose, 1.0 mg/l 2,4-D, and 2.88 g/l L-proline(brought to volume with D-I H₂O following adjustment to pH 5.8 withKOH); 2.0 g/l Gelrite (added after bringing to volume with D-I H₂O); and8.5 mg/l silver nitrate (added after sterilizing the medium and coolingto room temperature). Selection medium (560R) comprises 4.0 g/l N6 basalsalts (SIGMA C-1416), 1.0 ml/l Eriksson's Vitamin Mix (1000×SIGMA-1511),0.5 mg/l thiamine HCl, 30.0 g/l sucrose, and 2.0 mg/l 2,4-D (brought tovolume with D-I H₂O following adjustment to pH 5.8 with KOH); 3.0 g/lGelrite (added after bringing to volume with D-I H₂O); and 0.85 mg/lsilver nitrate and 3.0 mg/l bialaphos(both added after sterilizing themedium and cooling to room temperature).

Plant regeneration medium (288J) comprises 4.3 g/l MS salts (GIBCO11117-074), 5.0 ml/l MS vitamins stock solution (0.100 g nicotinic acid,0.02 g/l thiamine HCL, 0.10 g/l pyridoxine HCL, and 0.40 g/l glycinebrought to volume with polished D-I H₂O) (Murashige and Skoog (1962)Physiol. Plant. 15:473), 100 mg/l myo-inositol, 0.5 mg/l zeatin, 60 g/lsucrose, and 1.0 ml/l of 0.1 mM abscisic acid (brought to volume withpolished D-I H₂O after adjusting to pH 5.6); 3.0 g/l Gelrite (addedafter bringing to volume with D-I H₂O); and 1.0 mg/l indoleacetic acidand 3.0 mg/l bialaphos (added after sterilizing the medium and coolingto 60° C.). Hormone-free medium (272V) comprises 4.3 g/l MS salts (GIBCO11117-074), 5.0 ml/l MS vitamins stock solution (0.100 g/l nicotinicacid, 0.02 g/l thiamine HCL, 0.10 g/l pyridoxine HCL, and 0.40 g/lglycine brought to volume with polished D-I H₂O), 0.1 g/l myo-inositol,and 40.0 g/l sucrose (brought to volume with polished D-I H₂O afteradjusting pH to 5.6); and 6 g/l bacto-agar (added after bringing tovolume with polished D-I H₂O), sterilized and cooled to 60° C.

EXAMPLE 2 Agrobacterium-mediated Transformation

For Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of maize with a nucleotidesequence of the invention, preferably the method of Zhao is employed(PCT patent publication WO98/32326), the contents of which are herebyincorporated by reference. Briefly, immature embryos are isolated frommaize and the embryos contacted with a suspension of Agrobacterium,where the bacteria are capable of transferring the sequences of interestto at least one cell of at least one of the immature embryos (step 1:the infection step). In this step the immature embryos are preferablyimmersed in an Agrobacterium suspension for the initiation ofinoculation. The embryos are co-cultured for a time with theAgrobacterium (step 2: the co-cultivation step). Preferably the immatureembryos are cultured on solid medium following the infection step.Following this co-cultivation period an optional “resting” step iscontemplated. In this resting step, the embryos are incubated in thepresence of at least one antibiotic known to inhibit the growth ofAgrobacterium without the addition of a selective agent for planttransformants (step 3: resting step). Preferably the immature embryosare cultured on solid medium with antibiotic, but without a selectingagent, for elimination of Agrobacterium and for a resting phase for theinfected cells. Next, inoculated embryos are cultured on mediumcontaining a selective agent and growing transformed callus is recovered(step 4: the selection step). Preferably, the immature embryos arecultured on solid medium with a selective agent resulting in theselective growth of transformed cells. The callus is then regeneratedinto plants (step 5: the regeneration step), and preferably calli grownon selective medium are cultured on solid medium to regenerate theplants.

EXAMPLE 3 Soybean Embryo Transformation

Soybean embryos are bombarded with a plasmid containing the invertaseinhibitor gene operably linked to a promoter as follows. To inducesomatic embryos, cotyledons, 3-5 mm in length dissected fromsurface-sterilized, immature seeds of the soybean cultivar A2872, arecultured in the light or dark at 26° C. on an appropriate agar mediumfor six to ten weeks. Somatic embryos producing secondary embryos arethen excised and placed into a suitable liquid medium. After repeatedselection for clusters of somatic embryos that multiplied as early,globular-staged embryos, the suspensions are maintained as describedbelow.

Soybean embryogenic suspension cultures can maintained in 35 ml liquidmedia on a rotary shaker, 150 rpm, at 26° C. with florescent lights on a16:8 hour day/night schedule. Cultures are subcultured every two weeksby inoculating approximately 35 mg of tissue into 35 ml of liquidmedium.

Soybean embryogenic suspension cultures may then be transformed by themethod of particle gun bombardment (Klein et al. (1987) Nature (London)327:70-73, U.S. Pat. No. 4,945,050). A Du Pont Biolistic PDS1000/HEinstrument (helium retrofit) can be used for these transformations.

A selectable marker gene that can be used to facilitate soybeantransformation is a transgene composed of the 35S promoter fromCauliflower Mosaic Virus (Odell et al. (1985) Nature 313:810-812), thehygromycin phosphotransferase gene from plasmid pJR225 (from E. coli;Gritz et al. (1983) Gene 25:179-188), and the 3′ region of the nopalinesynthase gene from the T-DNA of the Ti plasmid of Agrobacteriumtumefaciens. The expression cassette comprising the invertase inhibitorgene operably linked to a preferred promoter can be isolated as arestriction fragment. This fragment can then be inserted into a uniquerestriction site of the vector carrying the marker gene.

To 50 μl of a 60 mg/ml 1 μm gold particle suspension is added (inorder): 5 μl DNA (1 μg/μl), 20 μl spermidine (0.1 M), and 50 μl CaCl₂(2.5 M). The particle preparation is then agitated for three minutes,spun in a microfuge for 10 seconds and the supernatant removed. TheDNA-coated particles are then washed once in 400 μl 70% ethanol andresuspended in 40 μl of anhydrous ethanol. The DNA/particle suspensioncan be sonicated three times for one second each. Five microliters ofthe DNA-coated gold particles are then loaded on each macro carrierdisk.

Approximately 300-400 mg of a two-week-old suspension culture is placedin an empty 60×15 mm petri dish and the residual liquid removed from thetissue with a pipette. For each transformation experiment, approximately5-10 plates of tissue are normally bombarded. Membrane rupture pressureis set at 1100 psi, and the chamber is evacuated to a vacuum of 28inches mercury. The tissue is placed approximately 3.5 inches away fromthe retaining screen and bombarded three times. Following bombardment,the tissue can be divided in half and placed back into liquid andcultured as described above.

Five to seven days post bombardment, the liquid media may be exchangedwith fresh media, and eleven to twelve days post-bombardment with freshmedia containing 50 mg/ml hygromycin. This selective media can berefreshed weekly. Seven to eight weeks post-bombardment, green,transformed tissue may be observed growing from untransformed, necroticembryogenic clusters. Isolated green tissue is removed and inoculatedinto individual flasks to generate new, clonally propagated, transformedembryogenic suspension cultures. Each new line may be treated as anindependent transformation event. These suspensions can then besubcultured and maintained as clusters of immature embryos orregenerated into whole plants by maturation and germination ofindividual somatic embryos.

All publications and patent applications mentioned in the specificationare indicative of the level of those skilled in the art to which thisinvention pertains. All publications and patent applications are hereinincorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individualpublication or patent application was specifically and individuallyindicated to be incorporated by reference.

Although the foregoing invention has been described in some detail byway of illustration and example for purposes of clarity ofunderstanding, it will be obvious that certain changes and modificationsmay be practiced within the scope of the appended claims.

SEQUENCE LISTING <160> NUMBER OF SEQ ID NOS: 54 <210> SEQ ID NO 1 <211>LENGTH: 665 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Zea mays <220> FEATURE:<221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (68)...(598) <400> SEQUENCE: 1gtcgacccac gcgtccggca catttgaatt tggatttgca ttgtcagtca ggccagtcaa 60ggggacc atg aag ctt ctg caa gct ctg tgc cct ctc gtc atc ctc ctc 109 MetLys Leu Leu Gln Ala Leu Cys Pro Leu Val Ile Leu Leu 1 5 10 gcc tgc tccacg tcc aac gct tcc gtc cta caa gac gcg tgc aag tcc 157 Ala Cys Ser ThrSer Asn Ala Ser Val Leu Gln Asp Ala Cys Lys Ser 15 20 25 30 ttc gcc gctaag atc ccg gac acc ggc tac gcc tac tgc atc aag ttc 205 Phe Ala Ala LysIle Pro Asp Thr Gly Tyr Ala Tyr Cys Ile Lys Phe 35 40 45 ttc cag gcc gacagg gga agc gcc ggc gcg gac aag cgt ggc ctc gcc 253 Phe Gln Ala Asp ArgGly Ser Ala Gly Ala Asp Lys Arg Gly Leu Ala 50 55 60 gcc atc gcc gtg aggatc atg ggg gca gcc gcc aag agc acc gcc agt 301 Ala Ile Ala Val Arg IleMet Gly Ala Ala Ala Lys Ser Thr Ala Ser 65 70 75 cac atc gcc gcc ctg cgggcc tcc gag aag 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Gly Thr Arg Ser Gly Pro Ala Ala 20 25 30 gtg cag cac cac ggc cacggc ggc acc acc aag cac ccc tcg cct cct 204 Val Gln His His Gly His GlyGly Thr Thr Lys His Pro Ser Pro Pro 35 40 45 tca cca gcc acg gcg gcg ctggta cgc agc acg tgt aac tcc acg gcg 252 Ser Pro Ala Thr Ala Ala Leu ValArg Ser Thr Cys Asn Ser Thr Ala 50 55 60 65 tac tac gac gtg tgc gtg tccgcg ctg ggc gcc gac ccg tcc agc gcc 300 Tyr Tyr Asp Val Cys Val Ser AlaLeu Gly Ala Asp Pro Ser Ser Ala 70 75 80 acc gcc gac gtc cgc ggg ctc tcgacc atc gcc gtg tcc gcg gcg gcc 348 Thr Ala Asp Val Arg Gly Leu Ser ThrIle Ala Val Ser Ala Ala Ala 85 90 95 gcc aac gcc tcg ggc ggc gcc gcc acggcc gcg gcg ctc gcc aac ggc 396 Ala Asn Ala Ser Gly Gly Ala Ala Thr AlaAla Ala Leu Ala Asn Gly 100 105 110 acc ggc acc gcg tcg tcg tcc aac gcgcag gcg gcc cct gcc acg gcc 444 Thr Gly Thr Ala Ser Ser Ser Asn Ala GlnAla Ala Pro Ala Thr Ala 115 120 125 tcc gcc gcc gcg gcg ctg ctc cgc acgtgc gca gcc aag tac ggc cag 492 Ser Ala Ala Ala Ala Leu Leu Arg Thr CysAla Ala Lys Tyr Gly Gln 130 135 140 145 gcc cgg gac gcg ctg gcc gcc gccggg gac tcc atc gcg cag cag gac 540 Ala Arg Asp Ala Leu Ala Ala Ala GlyAsp Ser Ile Ala Gln Gln Asp 150 155 160 tac gac gtg gcg tcc gtg cac gtgagc gcc gcc gcc gag tac ccg cag 588 Tyr Asp Val Ala Ser Val His Val SerAla Ala Ala Glu Tyr Pro Gln 165 170 175 gtg tgt agg gtg ctg ttc cgg cggcag aag ccc ggg cag tac ccc gcg 636 Val Cys Arg Val Leu Phe Arg Arg GlnLys Pro Gly Gln Tyr Pro Ala 180 185 190 gag ctg gcg gcg agg gag gag acgctc agg cag ctc tgc tcc gtc gcg 684 Glu Leu Ala Ala Arg Glu Glu Thr LeuArg Gln Leu Cys Ser Val Ala 195 200 205 ctc gac atc atc ggg ctc gcc tccacc aac acc aac taa taagctagca 733 Leu Asp Ile Ile Gly Leu Ala Ser ThrAsn Thr Asn * 210 215 220 gcagtggcgt ggcggcgaga aaagagagga agattaaaaaaaagtagcac ctttttcttt 793 ttggtttaat tactgtacgt attatattaa ttagcagggcacatgcacgc agatgcatat 853 ttaaattata aaaaggttgg tgtgcctgcc caatcaccgtttgaagaatt atttgagcag 913 cttaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 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Ala Glu Leu Ala Ala Arg Glu Glu Thr Leu ArgGln Leu Cys Ser Val 195 200 205 Ala Leu Asp Ile Ile Gly Leu Ala Ser ThrAsn Thr Asn 210 215 220 <210> SEQ ID NO 6 <211> LENGTH: 666 <212> TYPE:DNA <213> ORGANISM: Zea mays <400> SEQUENCE: 6 atggcaacca ccaagagggagaaggtcatc ctcgtcctgc tgttctccct gacgatgctc 60 cctctcagca ccctcggcacccgctccggc ccggcggccg tgcagcacca cggccacggc 120 ggcaccacca agcacccctcgcctccttca ccagccacgg cggcgctggt acgcagcacg 180 tgtaactcca cggcgtactacgacgtgtgc gtgtccgcgc tgggcgccga cccgtccagc 240 gccaccgccg acgtccgcgggctctcgacc atcgccgtgt ccgcggcggc cgccaacgcc 300 tcgggcggcg ccgccacggccgcggcgctc gccaacggca ccggcaccgc gtcgtcgtcc 360 aacgcgcagg cggcccctgccacggcctcc gccgccgcgg cgctgctccg cacgtgcgca 420 gccaagtacg gccaggcccgggacgcgctg gccgccgccg gggactccat cgcgcagcag 480 gactacgacg tggcgtccgtgcacgtgagc gccgccgccg agtacccgca ggtgtgtagg 540 gtgctgttcc ggcggcagaagcccgggcag taccccgcgg agctggcggc gagggaggag 600 acgctcaggc agctctgctccgtcgcgctc gacatcatcg ggctcgcctc caccaacacc 660 aactaa 666 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gtactg aag tta tca aaa ggg cag ggg cta agc cgt aga 338 Ser Asn Lys Val LeuLys Leu Ser Lys Gly Gln Gly Leu Ser Arg Arg 100 105 110 gaa gcc gca gcgata acg gat tgc att gag aac atg cag gac tcg gtg 386 Glu Ala Ala Ala IleThr Asp Cys Ile Glu Asn Met Gln Asp Ser Val 115 120 125 gat gag ctc caacaa tct ctg gtg gcg atg aag gac ctt caa ggg cct 434 Asp Glu Leu Gln GlnSer Leu Val Ala Met Lys Asp Leu Gln Gly Pro 130 135 140 gat ttt caa atgaaa atg agt gat ata gtg aca tgg gtg agt gca gct 482 Asp Phe Gln Met LysMet Ser Asp Ile Val Thr Trp Val Ser Ala Ala 145 150 155 ctg aca gat gaagac aca tgc atg gat gga ttc gca gag cat gcc atg 530 Leu Thr Asp Glu AspThr Cys Met Asp Gly Phe Ala Glu His Ala Met 160 165 170 175 aaa ggg gacctt aag agc act att agg agc aat att gtg agt gtt gct 578 Lys Gly Asp LeuLys Ser Thr Ile Arg Ser Asn Ile Val Ser Val Ala 180 185 190 cag tta accagc aat gct ttg gcc atc atc aac aag ttt cta tct att 626 Gln Leu Thr SerAsn Ala Leu Ala Ile Ile Asn Lys Phe Leu Ser Ile 195 200 205 cag ggc aatcaa ctc taa gttactgtgt cctatgtgtc tactactagt 674 Gln Gly Asn Gln Leu *210 ataattctaa ttaaaagttc ttcagcgtgt ttatgtagta tccatgtgta atgttattgt734 aaagaaatat ttgctaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaa 779 <210> SEQ IDNO 8 <211> LENGTH: 212 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Vitis L <400>SEQUENCE: 8 Met Glu Ser Phe Thr Cys Leu Lys Leu Ser Ser Ser Arg Gly LeuAla 1 5 10 15 Ala Ile Val Ala Leu Phe Phe Phe Tyr Leu Ser Leu Thr ThrPro Cys 20 25 30 Ser Ala Ala Ser Pro Glu Pro His Pro Pro Thr Asn Thr ThrGln Phe 35 40 45 Ile Arg Thr Ser Cys Gly Val Thr Met Tyr Pro Lys Leu CysPhe Lys 50 55 60 Thr Leu Ser Ala Tyr Ala Ser Thr Ile Gln Thr Ser His MetGlu Leu 65 70 75 80 Ala Asn Ala Ala Leu Cys Val Ser Leu Lys Gly Ala GlnSer Ser Ser 85 90 95 Asn Lys Val Leu Lys Leu Ser Lys Gly Gln Gly Leu SerArg Arg Glu 100 105 110 Ala Ala Ala Ile Thr Asp Cys Ile Glu Asn Met GlnAsp Ser Val Asp 115 120 125 Glu Leu Gln Gln Ser Leu Val Ala Met Lys AspLeu Gln Gly Pro Asp 130 135 140 Phe Gln Met Lys Met Ser Asp Ile Val ThrTrp Val Ser Ala Ala Leu 145 150 155 160 Thr Asp Glu Asp Thr Cys Met AspGly Phe Ala Glu His Ala Met Lys 165 170 175 Gly Asp Leu Lys Ser Thr IleArg Ser Asn Ile Val Ser Val Ala Gln 180 185 190 Leu Thr Ser Asn Ala LeuAla Ile Ile Asn Lys Phe Leu Ser Ile Gln 195 200 205 Gly Asn Gln Leu 210<210> SEQ ID NO 9 <211> LENGTH: 639 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM:Vitis l <400> SEQUENCE: 9 atggaatctt tcacatgcct aaagctatcc tcttcccgtggccttgcagc tattgttgct 60 ctcttcttct tctacctctc actcacaaca ccatgctcggcggcctcacc agagccccat 120 ccccctacca atactacaca attcatcaga acctcatgcggagtgactat gtaccctaag 180 ctatgcttca aaaccctctc ggcttatgcc agcaccatccaaacaagcca tatggagttg 240 gccaatgcag ccctctgtgt gagcctaaag ggcgctcaatcctcttcaaa caaggtactg 300 aagttatcaa aagggcaggg gctaagccgt agagaagccgcagcgataac ggattgcatt 360 gagaacatgc aggactcggt ggatgagctc caacaatctctggtggcgat gaaggacctt 420 caagggcctg attttcaaat gaaaatgagt gatatagtgacatgggtgag tgcagctctg 480 acagatgaag acacatgcat ggatggattc gcagagcatgccatgaaagg ggaccttaag 540 agcactatta ggagcaatat tgtgagtgtt gctcagttaaccagcaatgc tttggccatc 600 atcaacaagt ttctatctat tcagggcaat caactctaa 639<210> SEQ ID NO 10 <211> LENGTH: 633 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM:Vitis L <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (6)...(548)<400> SEQUENCE: 10 gaaaa atg aag cat tca tta gtc cta atc tat gca tgt atttct ctt ctt 50 Met Lys His Ser Leu Val Leu Ile Tyr Ala Cys Ile Ser LeuLeu 1 5 10 15 ctc ctc ttc cat tct tcg ctt tcc tgt caa ctc atc cat caaaca tgc 98 Leu Leu Phe His Ser Ser Leu Ser Cys Gln Leu Ile His Gln ThrCys 20 25 30 aag aga att gca gac aat gat ccc aat gtg agc tac aat tta tgcgtc 146 Lys Arg Ile Ala Asp Asn Asp Pro Asn Val Ser Tyr Asn Leu Cys Val35 40 45 atg agc ctt gaa tca aat ccc atg agt gca aat gcg agc ctt gaa gaa194 Met Ser Leu Glu Ser Asn Pro Met Ser Ala Asn Ala Ser Leu Glu Glu 5055 60 ctt gga gtc atc gca gtc gag cta gcc ttg tct aat gcg aca tac atc242 Leu Gly Val Ile Ala Val Glu Leu Ala Leu Ser Asn Ala Thr Tyr Ile 6570 75 aat tgg tac att agc aat aag ctt ttg cag gag aaa ggg ttt gat cca290 Asn Trp Tyr Ile Ser Asn Lys Leu Leu Gln Glu Lys Gly Phe Asp Pro 8085 90 95 ttt gcc gag gct tgc cta aaa gat tgt cat gaa ctt tac tcc gac gcc338 Phe Ala Glu Ala Cys Leu Lys Asp Cys His Glu Leu Tyr Ser Asp Ala 100105 110 atc cct gag tta aaa gat gtg ctc gat gat ttt aag gac aaa gac tac386 Ile Pro Glu Leu Lys Asp Val Leu Asp Asp Phe Lys Asp Lys Asp Tyr 115120 125 tac aag gct aat ata gag ttg agc gca gcc atg gag gcg tcg gct act434 Tyr Lys Ala Asn Ile Glu Leu Ser Ala Ala Met Glu Ala Ser Ala Thr 130135 140 tgt gaa gat ggt tac aag gaa agg aaa ggt gaa gtg tct ccc ttg gca482 Cys Glu Asp Gly Tyr Lys Glu Arg Lys Gly Glu Val Ser Pro Leu Ala 145150 155 aaa gag gac aac aac ttc ttt caa ttg tgt gca att gct ctt gct ttc530 Lys Glu Asp Asn Asn Phe Phe Gln Leu Cys Ala Ile Ala Leu Ala Phe 160165 170 175 act aat atg ttg cat tga tccaatatgt cattgcaaga aatatgaatc 578Thr Asn Met Leu His * 180 tcacaatctt taacctatat atataaggtt tagattaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaa 633 <210> SEQ ID NO 11 <211> LENGTH: 180 <212> TYPE:PRT <213> ORGANISM: Vitis L <400> SEQUENCE: 11 Met Lys His Ser Leu ValLeu Ile Tyr Ala Cys Ile Ser Leu Leu Leu 1 5 10 15 Leu Phe His Ser SerLeu Ser Cys Gln Leu Ile His Gln Thr Cys Lys 20 25 30 Arg Ile Ala Asp AsnAsp Pro Asn Val Ser Tyr Asn Leu Cys Val Met 35 40 45 Ser Leu Glu Ser AsnPro Met Ser Ala Asn Ala Ser Leu Glu Glu Leu 50 55 60 Gly Val Ile Ala ValGlu Leu Ala Leu Ser Asn Ala Thr Tyr Ile Asn 65 70 75 80 Trp Tyr Ile SerAsn Lys Leu Leu Gln Glu Lys Gly Phe Asp Pro Phe 85 90 95 Ala Glu Ala CysLeu Lys Asp Cys His Glu Leu Tyr Ser Asp Ala Ile 100 105 110 Pro Glu LeuLys Asp Val Leu Asp Asp Phe Lys Asp Lys Asp Tyr Tyr 115 120 125 Lys AlaAsn Ile Glu Leu Ser Ala Ala Met Glu Ala Ser Ala Thr Cys 130 135 140 GluAsp Gly Tyr Lys Glu Arg Lys Gly Glu Val Ser Pro Leu Ala Lys 145 150 155160 Glu Asp Asn Asn Phe Phe Gln Leu Cys Ala Ile Ala Leu Ala Phe Thr 165170 175 Asn Met Leu His 180 <210> SEQ ID NO 12 <211> LENGTH: 543 <212>TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Vitis l <400> SEQUENCE: 12 atgaagcattcattagtcct aatctatgca tgtatttctc ttcttctcct cttccattct 60 tcgctttcctgtcaactcat ccatcaaaca tgcaagagaa ttgcagacaa tgatcccaat 120 gtgagctacaatttatgcgt catgagcctt gaatcaaatc ccatgagtgc aaatgcgagc 180 cttgaagaacttggagtcat cgcagtcgag ctagccttgt ctaatgcgac atacatcaat 240 tggtacattagcaataagct tttgcaggag aaagggtttg atccatttgc cgaggcttgc 300 ctaaaagattgtcatgaact ttactccgac gccatccctg agttaaaaga tgtgctcgat 360 gattttaaggacaaagacta ctacaaggct aatatagagt tgagcgcagc catggaggcg 420 tcggctacttgtgaagatgg ttacaaggaa aggaaaggtg aagtgtctcc cttggcaaaa 480 gaggacaacaacttctttca attgtgtgca attgctcttg ctttcactaa tatgttgcat 540 tga 543 <210>SEQ ID NO 13 <211> LENGTH: 844 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Vitis L<220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (99)...(647) <400>SEQUENCE: 13 ctctagactc cccccccgtc cttagcctct ctgcatgtct tgaaacaaagctgattttta 60 tcccctgtct gttcaaaaac ttgggcacaa tacctctc atg ggt ttt gctggt ttg 116 Met Gly Phe Ala Gly Leu 1 5 ttg ttc ctc ttt ctt ctc atg tcgctc ctt cag tta ttt cat ccc cag 164 Leu Phe Leu Phe Leu Leu Met Ser LeuLeu Gln Leu Phe His Pro Gln 10 15 20 ctt gtt ctt gtg agc ggt gac tat gatttg atc cag aaa act tgt aga 212 Leu Val Leu Val Ser Gly Asp Tyr Asp LeuIle Gln Lys Thr Cys Arg 25 30 35 agc acc aaa tac tac gac ctt tgc atc tcatcc ctc aaa tct gat ccc 260 Ser Thr Lys Tyr Tyr Asp Leu Cys Ile Ser SerLeu Lys Ser Asp Pro 40 45 50 aac agc ccc aat gcc gac acc aag gga ttg gcgatg att atg gtt gga 308 Asn Ser Pro Asn Ala Asp Thr Lys Gly Leu Ala MetIle Met Val Gly 55 60 65 70 att gga gag gct aat gcc act gcc att tcc tcttac ttg tcc tcc caa 356 Ile Gly Glu Ala Asn Ala Thr Ala Ile Ser Ser TyrLeu Ser Ser Gln 75 80 85 ttg gtc ggc tct gct aat gat tca tca atg aag aagatc ctt aag gaa 404 Leu Val Gly Ser Ala Asn Asp Ser Ser Met Lys Lys IleLeu Lys Glu 90 95 100 tgc gtc aac agg tac aac tat tct agc gat gcg ctccaa gct tcg ctc 452 Cys Val Asn Arg Tyr Asn Tyr Ser Ser Asp Ala Leu GlnAla Ser Leu 105 110 115 caa gct ttg acc atg gag gct tat gac tat gct tacgtg cat gtt ata 500 Gln Ala Leu Thr Met Glu Ala Tyr Asp Tyr Ala Tyr ValHis Val Ile 120 125 130 gca gcc gca gat tat ccc aat gcc tgc cgc aat tctttt aaa agg tgc 548 Ala Ala Ala Asp Tyr Pro Asn Ala Cys Arg Asn Ser PheLys Arg Cys 135 140 145 150 cca aga ttg cct tat cca ccg gaa ctc ggg ctaaga gaa gat gtt ttg 596 Pro Arg Leu Pro Tyr Pro Pro Glu Leu Gly Leu ArgGlu Asp Val Leu 155 160 165 aag cat ctg tgt gat gtg gtc ttg gga att attgat ctt ctt gat tgg 644 Lys His Leu Cys Asp Val Val Leu Gly Ile Ile AspLeu Leu Asp Trp 170 175 180 taa tggtctcccc tttgcttcat tcttggtgtttaatcaacat attgcagact 697 * tccaaaaata ttcgttgtgt ttctttgatc tttgtacaatgacttccacc ttgtctttga 757 agccaaaccg tgctttgtaa ctgtagcgtt tgataagcttaaagcttata taactttatt 817 tgtctgcaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa 844 <210> SEQ IDNO 14 <211> LENGTH: 182 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Vitis L <400>SEQUENCE: 14 Met Gly Phe Ala Gly Leu Leu Phe Leu Phe Leu Leu Met Ser LeuLeu 1 5 10 15 Gln Leu Phe His Pro Gln Leu Val Leu Val Ser Gly Asp TyrAsp Leu 20 25 30 Ile Gln Lys Thr Cys Arg Ser Thr Lys Tyr Tyr Asp Leu CysIle Ser 35 40 45 Ser Leu Lys Ser Asp Pro Asn Ser Pro Asn Ala Asp Thr LysGly Leu 50 55 60 Ala Met Ile Met Val Gly Ile Gly Glu Ala Asn Ala Thr AlaIle Ser 65 70 75 80 Ser Tyr Leu Ser Ser Gln Leu Val Gly Ser Ala Asn AspSer Ser Met 85 90 95 Lys Lys Ile Leu Lys Glu Cys Val Asn Arg Tyr Asn TyrSer Ser Asp 100 105 110 Ala Leu Gln Ala Ser Leu Gln Ala Leu Thr Met GluAla Tyr Asp Tyr 115 120 125 Ala Tyr Val His Val Ile Ala Ala Ala Asp TyrPro Asn Ala Cys Arg 130 135 140 Asn Ser Phe Lys Arg Cys Pro Arg Leu ProTyr Pro Pro Glu Leu Gly 145 150 155 160 Leu Arg Glu Asp Val Leu Lys HisLeu Cys Asp Val Val Leu Gly Ile 165 170 175 Ile Asp Leu Leu Asp Trp 180<210> SEQ ID NO 15 <211> LENGTH: 549 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM:Vitis l <400> SEQUENCE: 15 atgggttttg ctggtttgtt gttcctcttt cttctcatgtcgctccttca gttatttcat 60 ccccagcttg ttcttgtgag cggtgactat gatttgatccagaaaacttg tagaagcacc 120 aaatactacg acctttgcat ctcatccctc aaatctgatcccaacagccc caatgccgac 180 accaagggat tggcgatgat tatggttgga attggagaggctaatgccac tgccatttcc 240 tcttacttgt cctcccaatt ggtcggctct gctaatgattcatcaatgaa gaagatcctt 300 aaggaatgcg tcaacaggta caactattct agcgatgcgctccaagcttc gctccaagct 360 ttgaccatgg aggcttatga ctatgcttac gtgcatgttatagcagccgc agattatccc 420 aatgcctgcc gcaattcttt taaaaggtgc ccaagattgccttatccacc ggaactcggg 480 ctaagagaag atgttttgaa gcatctgtgt gatgtggtcttgggaattat tgatcttctt 540 gattggtaa 549 <210> SEQ ID NO 16 <211> LENGTH:775 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Vitis l <220> FEATURE: <221>NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (121)...(669) <400> SEQUENCE: 16ctcatactta tagtcttaca caacatctat ctatataaag tatgtccctc tcttgatcag 60aaaaccaaag aagacaaaaa ggaaacagaa aaatttaagc cttgaaagtt ggaaagagcg 120atg agg ctt tcc tcc agt ttc ttt ctc ctc acc ctc gta ttc tta ttc 168 MetArg Leu Ser Ser Ser Phe Phe Leu Leu Thr Leu Val Phe Leu Phe 1 5 10 15ttc atc ttt ccc gca gca acc agt tgt tgc acc aag ctc ata gat gag 216 PheIle Phe Pro Ala Ala Thr Ser Cys Cys Thr Lys Leu Ile Asp Glu 20 25 30 acctgc aag aac tct tca cac aat gac agt aac ttc agt tac agg ttc 264 Thr CysLys Asn Ser Ser His Asn Asp Ser Asn Phe Ser Tyr Arg Phe 35 40 45 tgc aagact tcc ctc cag gca gct ccg gcc agc cgc tgc gcc agt ctc 312 Cys Lys ThrSer Leu Gln Ala Ala Pro Ala Ser Arg Cys Ala Ser Leu 50 55 60 cgg gga ctgggg ttg atc gcc atc aga tta ttc cgg gat aac gcc acc 360 Arg Gly Leu GlyLeu Ile Ala Ile Arg Leu Phe Arg Asp Asn Ala Thr 65 70 75 80 gac acc agatgt ttc atc aga gaa ctg ctc gga aag aag ggg ttg gac 408 Asp Thr Arg CysPhe Ile Arg Glu Leu Leu Gly Lys Lys Gly Leu Asp 85 90 95 aca tct gtg aagatg cgt ttg gaa gat tgt ttg gac atg tat tcg gat 456 Thr Ser Val Lys MetArg Leu Glu Asp Cys Leu Asp Met Tyr Ser Asp 100 105 110 gga gtc gaa tcccta aca cag gcc att aaa ggg tac agg gct ggg gag 504 Gly Val Glu Ser LeuThr Gln Ala Ile Lys Gly Tyr Arg Ala Gly Glu 115 120 125 tat ttc gat gctaat gtc caa gtt tcg ggt gct atg act tat gct agt 552 Tyr Phe Asp Ala AsnVal Gln Val Ser Gly Ala Met Thr Tyr Ala Ser 130 135 140 act tgt gaa gatggt ttc cag gag aag gaa ggt ttg gtt tcg ccg ttg 600 Thr Cys Glu Asp GlyPhe Gln Glu Lys Glu Gly Leu Val Ser Pro Leu 145 150 155 160 acg aag caaaac gac gat gct ttt cag ttg ggt gcg ctc tct ctt tcg 648 Thr Lys Gln AsnAsp Asp Ala Phe Gln Leu Gly Ala Leu Ser Leu Ser 165 170 175 att atg aataag cag aag tga ttcatggctg gctgattggc tggctttgtt 699 Ile Met Asn Lys GlnLys * 180 tttttttaat tctgaggcaa tgcttctctt tttctaaata attaatatttactttcacaa 759 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaa 775 <210> SEQ ID NO 17 <211> LENGTH:182 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Vitis l <400> SEQUENCE: 17 Met ArgLeu Ser Ser Ser Phe Phe Leu Leu Thr Leu Val Phe Leu Phe 1 5 10 15 PheIle Phe Pro Ala Ala Thr Ser Cys Cys Thr Lys Leu Ile Asp Glu 20 25 30 ThrCys Lys Asn Ser Ser His Asn Asp Ser Asn Phe Ser Tyr Arg Phe 35 40 45 CysLys Thr Ser Leu Gln Ala Ala Pro Ala Ser Arg Cys Ala Ser Leu 50 55 60 ArgGly Leu Gly Leu Ile Ala Ile Arg Leu Phe Arg Asp Asn Ala Thr 65 70 75 80Asp Thr Arg Cys Phe Ile Arg Glu Leu Leu Gly Lys Lys Gly Leu Asp 85 90 95Thr Ser Val Lys Met Arg Leu Glu Asp Cys Leu Asp Met Tyr Ser Asp 100 105110 Gly Val Glu Ser Leu Thr Gln Ala Ile Lys Gly Tyr Arg Ala Gly Glu 115120 125 Tyr Phe Asp Ala Asn Val Gln Val Ser Gly Ala Met Thr Tyr Ala Ser130 135 140 Thr Cys Glu Asp Gly Phe Gln Glu Lys Glu Gly Leu Val Ser ProLeu 145 150 155 160 Thr Lys Gln Asn Asp Asp Ala Phe Gln Leu Gly Ala LeuSer Leu Ser 165 170 175 Ile Met Asn Lys Gln Lys 180 <210> SEQ ID NO 18<211> LENGTH: 549 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Vitis l <400>SEQUENCE: 18 atgaggcttt cctccagttt ctttctcctc accctcgtat tcttattcttcatctttccc 60 gcagcaacca gttgttgcac caagctcata gatgagacct gcaagaactcttcacacaat 120 gacagtaact tcagttacag gttctgcaag acttccctcc aggcagctccggccagccgc 180 tgcgccagtc tccggggact ggggttgatc gccatcagat tattccgggataacgccacc 240 gacaccagat gtttcatcag agaactgctc ggaaagaagg ggttggacacatctgtgaag 300 atgcgtttgg aagattgttt ggacatgtat tcggatggag tcgaatccctaacacaggcc 360 attaaagggt acagggctgg ggagtatttc gatgctaatg tccaagtttcgggtgctatg 420 acttatgcta gtacttgtga agatggtttc caggagaagg aaggtttggtttcgccgttg 480 acgaagcaaa acgacgatgc ttttcagttg ggtgcgctct ctctttcgattatgaataag 540 cagaagtga 549 <210> SEQ ID NO 19 <211> LENGTH: 686 <212>TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Vitis L <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS<222> LOCATION: (11)...(547) <400> SEQUENCE: 19 gctatcatcc atg gct tctgta att ctt ctt ttt ctt ctc act ctt tca 49 Met Ala Ser Val Ile Leu LeuPhe Leu Leu Thr Leu Ser 1 5 10 tcc cct ctc ttc ttt ggc caa aca ctc aacccc gta gag gca gga gac 97 Ser Pro Leu Phe Phe Gly Gln Thr Leu Asn ProVal Glu Ala Gly Asp 15 20 25 aaa cta att gaa agt gca tgc cac act gct gaggta cca gta gta tgc 145 Lys Leu Ile Glu Ser Ala Cys His Thr Ala Glu ValPro Val Val Cys 30 35 40 45 atg cag tgt gta aaa tct gac gag cgt tcg gggaaa gcc gat gcg gta 193 Met Gln Cys Val Lys Ser Asp Glu Arg Ser Gly LysAla Asp Ala Val 50 55 60 ggg att gcc aac atc atc gtc gac tgt ttg atg agccac tct agc tac 241 Gly Ile Ala Asn Ile Ile Val Asp Cys Leu Met Ser HisSer Ser Tyr 65 70 75 ttg gca agc aac atg tcg aat tta ggt tct aat cct gaacac aat gcc 289 Leu Ala Ser Asn Met Ser Asn Leu Gly Ser Asn Pro Glu HisAsn Ala 80 85 90 aca aaa tca gcc tat gaa cat tgc ttc ctg cac tgt tct gatgca aag 337 Thr Lys Ser Ala Tyr Glu His Cys Phe Leu His Cys Ser Asp AlaLys 95 100 105 aag gcg cta aat tca gca gct ttg gag cta aag aat ggc agctat gat 385 Lys Ala Leu Asn Ser Ala Ala Leu Glu Leu Lys Asn Gly Ser TyrAsp 110 115 120 125 agc gct gaa ctg tcc ttg cgc gaa gca gcg cta tat caaggc aca tgc 433 Ser Ala Glu Leu Ser Leu Arg Glu Ala Ala Leu Tyr Gln GlyThr Cys 130 135 140 cga tac gag ttt gtg agt tca aat gag act tat gtg ccacct aat gtt 481 Arg Tyr Glu Phe Val Ser Ser Asn Glu Thr Tyr Val Pro ProAsn Val 145 150 155 tac tat gat ctg aag gtc ttt gat ata ctt act gtg gctgcc ttt aga 529 Tyr Tyr Asp Leu Lys Val Phe Asp Ile Leu Thr Val Ala AlaPhe Arg 160 165 170 att ata gag aag ctt tga ttaagagttt tggagggttttcacctaatt 577 Ile Ile Glu Lys Leu * 175 gctcatcatc catgaaaaataaagtttcat gttgactagt agacatgtaa catgaaatat 637 tgagacataa catacacctccttatcatct aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaa 686 <210> SEQ ID NO 20 <211> LENGTH: 178<212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Vitis L <400> SEQUENCE: 20 Met Ala SerVal Ile Leu Leu Phe Leu Leu Thr Leu Ser Ser Pro Leu 1 5 10 15 Phe PheGly Gln Thr Leu Asn Pro Val Glu Ala Gly Asp Lys Leu Ile 20 25 30 Glu SerAla Cys His Thr Ala Glu Val Pro Val Val Cys Met Gln Cys 35 40 45 Val LysSer Asp Glu Arg Ser Gly Lys Ala Asp Ala Val Gly Ile Ala 50 55 60 Asn IleIle Val Asp Cys Leu Met Ser His Ser Ser Tyr Leu Ala Ser 65 70 75 80 AsnMet Ser Asn Leu Gly Ser Asn Pro Glu His Asn Ala Thr Lys Ser 85 90 95 AlaTyr Glu His Cys Phe Leu His Cys Ser Asp Ala Lys Lys Ala Leu 100 105 110Asn Ser Ala Ala Leu Glu Leu Lys Asn Gly Ser Tyr Asp Ser Ala Glu 115 120125 Leu Ser Leu Arg Glu Ala Ala Leu Tyr Gln Gly Thr Cys Arg Tyr Glu 130135 140 Phe Val Ser Ser Asn Glu Thr Tyr Val Pro Pro Asn Val Tyr Tyr Asp145 150 155 160 Leu Lys Val Phe Asp Ile Leu Thr Val Ala Ala Phe Arg IleIle Glu 165 170 175 Lys Leu <210> SEQ ID NO 21 <211> LENGTH: 537 <212>TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Vitis l <400> SEQUENCE: 21 atggcttctgtaattcttct ttttcttctc actctttcat cccctctctt ctttggccaa 60 acactcaaccccgtagaggc aggagacaaa ctaattgaaa gtgcatgcca cactgctgag 120 gtaccagtagtatgcatgca gtgtgtaaaa tctgacgagc gttcggggaa agccgatgcg 180 gtagggattgccaacatcat cgtcgactgt ttgatgagcc actctagcta cttggcaagc 240 aacatgtcgaatttaggttc taatcctgaa cacaatgcca caaaatcagc ctatgaacat 300 tgcttcctgcactgttctga tgcaaagaag gcgctaaatt cagcagcttt ggagctaaag 360 aatggcagctatgatagcgc tgaactgtcc ttgcgcgaag cagcgctata tcaaggcaca 420 tgccgatacgagtttgtgag ttcaaatgag acttatgtgc cacctaatgt ttactatgat 480 ctgaaggtctttgatatact tactgtggct gcctttagaa ttatagagaa gctttga 537 <210> SEQ ID NO22 <211> LENGTH: 709 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Vitis l <220>FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (13)...(558) <400>SEQUENCE: 22 gaaattaagg aa atg gct tcc ttg agt ggg gta ctg tta ctt gttcat atc 51 Met Ala Ser Leu Ser Gly Val Leu Leu Leu Val His Ile 1 5 10tcc ctc atg gcc acc act ctc ttc tac tat cct tca cat gcg atc gga 99 SerLeu Met Ala Thr Thr Leu Phe Tyr Tyr Pro Ser His Ala Ile Gly 15 20 25 caagac gtc gtc gag cag gta tgc cag caa acg gag gac tat caa ttc 147 Gln AspVal Val Glu Gln Val Cys Gln Gln Thr Glu Asp Tyr Gln Phe 30 35 40 45 tgtttc aat acc atc ctc aga gat cct cgg act ccg gca gtt aac atg 195 Cys PheAsn Thr Ile Leu Arg Asp Pro Arg Thr Pro Ala Val Asn Met 50 55 60 gag gggctg tgc ctc ctc agt gtg gca ata acc ata gac cac gtt agg 243 Glu Gly LeuCys Leu Leu Ser Val Ala Ile Thr Ile Asp His Val Arg 65 70 75 gaa gcg gtggat aaa ata ccg ggg ctg ctg gag aaa gct act gat cca 291 Glu Ala Val AspLys Ile Pro Gly Leu Leu Glu Lys Ala Thr Asp Pro 80 85 90 gtg gac aag caaaga atg acg act tgc caa tcc aac tat gga gca gcg 339 Val Asp Lys Gln ArgMet Thr Thr Cys Gln Ser Asn Tyr Gly Ala Ala 95 100 105 gcg ggg gac ttccag agg gcg tgg ggc tcg gct tct tca aag gct ttc 387 Ala Gly Asp Phe GlnArg Ala Trp Gly Ser Ala Ser Ser Lys Ala Phe 110 115 120 125 cat gat gtgctg ggc tgg gtt cag aag gga agt ggt cag gtt ata aac 435 His Asp Val LeuGly Trp Val Gln Lys Gly Ser Gly Gln Val Ile Asn 130 135 140 tgt gaa aatata tac cgg caa agt ccg ccg atc cgt gaa tct ccc ctc 483 Cys Glu Asn IleTyr Arg Gln Ser Pro Pro Ile Arg Glu Ser Pro Leu 145 150 155 aca gtt gacaac cac aac gtg att aaa tta gca gga att act ttg gtt 531 Thr Val Asp AsnHis Asn Val Ile Lys Leu Ala Gly Ile Thr Leu Val 160 165 170 gtt ctt ggtatg ctt ggt gtt cgt tga agatggtgtg tcttccttga 578 Val Leu Gly Met LeuGly Val Arg * 175 180 ggtaaagctc acgttcttgg aattaacgta caataaatgtggaatgcaat actgttggtt 638 ggtcaataaa aactgatgtg aatttactac tcaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 698 aaaaaaaaaa a 709 <210> SEQ ID NO 23 <211>LENGTH: 181 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Vitis l <400> SEQUENCE: 23Met Ala Ser Leu Ser Gly Val Leu Leu Leu Val His Ile Ser Leu Met 1 5 1015 Ala Thr Thr Leu Phe Tyr Tyr Pro Ser His Ala Ile Gly Gln Asp Val 20 2530 Val Glu Gln Val Cys Gln Gln Thr Glu Asp Tyr Gln Phe Cys Phe Asn 35 4045 Thr Ile Leu Arg Asp Pro Arg Thr Pro Ala Val Asn Met Glu Gly Leu 50 5560 Cys Leu Leu Ser Val Ala Ile Thr Ile Asp His Val Arg Glu Ala Val 65 7075 80 Asp Lys Ile Pro Gly Leu Leu Glu Lys Ala Thr Asp Pro Val Asp Lys 8590 95 Gln Arg Met Thr Thr Cys Gln Ser Asn Tyr Gly Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp100 105 110 Phe Gln Arg Ala Trp Gly Ser Ala Ser Ser Lys Ala Phe His AspVal 115 120 125 Leu Gly Trp Val Gln Lys Gly Ser Gly Gln Val Ile Asn CysGlu Asn 130 135 140 Ile Tyr Arg Gln Ser Pro Pro Ile Arg Glu Ser Pro LeuThr Val Asp 145 150 155 160 Asn His Asn Val Ile Lys Leu Ala Gly Ile ThrLeu Val Val Leu Gly 165 170 175 Met Leu Gly Val Arg 180 <210> SEQ ID NO24 <211> LENGTH: 546 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Vitis l <400>SEQUENCE: 24 atggcttcct tgagtggggt actgttactt gttcatatct ccctcatggccaccactctc 60 ttctactatc cttcacatgc gatcggacaa gacgtcgtcg agcaggtatgccagcaaacg 120 gaggactatc aattctgttt caataccatc ctcagagatc ctcggactccggcagttaac 180 atggaggggc tgtgcctcct cagtgtggca ataaccatag accacgttagggaagcggtg 240 gataaaatac cggggctgct ggagaaagct actgatccag tggacaagcaaagaatgacg 300 acttgccaat ccaactatgg agcagcggcg ggggacttcc agagggcgtggggctcggct 360 tcttcaaagg ctttccatga tgtgctgggc tgggttcaga agggaagtggtcaggttata 420 aactgtgaaa atatataccg gcaaagtccg ccgatccgtg aatctcccctcacagttgac 480 aaccacaacg tgattaaatt agcaggaatt actttggttg ttcttggtatgcttggtgtt 540 cgttga 546 <210> SEQ ID NO 25 <211> LENGTH: 1067 <212>TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Zea mays <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS<222> LOCATION: (68)...(691) <400> SEQUENCE: 25 tagacatata ccaacggtaacgtgttgcat cccattgtaa aagccggcta tcactttcag 60 ggacaaa atg ccc aca ttaatt att ata aaa ggc cgg cca aat atg gct 109 Met Pro Thr Leu Ile Ile IleLys Gly Arg Pro Asn Met Ala 1 5 10 tcc gga acg ccc tac act gcc gtc ggcgtc atc ttc ctc tcc gtc ttc 157 Ser Gly Thr Pro Tyr Thr Ala Val Gly ValIle Phe Leu Ser Val Phe 15 20 25 30 ctc gtc gcc gcg gca tcc gca ggc cgcacc gcg gca cct gcg gcc gcg 205 Leu Val Ala Ala Ala Ser Ala Gly Arg ThrAla Ala Pro Ala Ala Ala 35 40 45 ccg tcg agc aag tac tcg ctc gag gaa gcgtgc gag cag acc gcg ggg 253 Pro Ser Ser Lys Tyr Ser Leu Glu Glu Ala CysGlu Gln Thr Ala Gly 50 55 60 cac gag gac ctg tgc gtg gag acg ctg tcc gcggac ccg tcg tcc aag 301 His Glu Asp Leu Cys Val Glu Thr Leu Ser Ala AspPro Ser Ser Lys 65 70 75 act gcc gac act acg ggg ctc gca cgg ttg gcc atccag gcg gca cag 349 Thr Ala Asp Thr Thr Gly Leu Ala Arg Leu Ala Ile GlnAla Ala Gln 80 85 90 cgg aac gcg tcg gag acg gcg acc tac ctc tcc agc atctac gac gac 397 Arg Asn Ala Ser Glu Thr Ala Thr Tyr Leu Ser Ser Ile TyrAsp Asp 95 100 105 110 gac agc ctt gag aac aag acg gcg cag ctg cag cagtgc ctt gaa aac 445 Asp Ser Leu Glu Asn Lys Thr Ala Gln Leu Gln Gln CysLeu Glu Asn 115 120 125 tgc ggc gag agg tac gag tcg gcg gtg gag cag ctgtcg gac gcg acg 493 Cys Gly Glu Arg Tyr Glu Ser Ala Val Glu Gln Leu SerAsp Ala Thr 130 135 140 tcg gcg ctg gac acg ggc gcg tac agc gag tcg gaggag ctg gtg gtg 541 Ser Ala Leu Asp Thr Gly Ala Tyr Ser Glu Ser Glu GluLeu Val Val 145 150 155 gcg agc cag gct gag gtg agg ctg tgt cag cgt ggctgc caa gcc gtg 589 Ala Ser Gln Ala Glu Val Arg Leu Cys Gln Arg Gly CysGln Ala Val 160 165 170 ccg aac cac cgc aac atc ctc tcg gcg cgc aac cgcaac gtc gac cag 637 Pro Asn His Arg Asn Ile Leu Ser Ala Arg Asn Arg AsnVal Asp Gln 175 180 185 190 ctc tgc agc atc gcg ctc gcc atc acc aag ctcatc cac gga ccg cca 685 Leu Cys Ser Ile Ala Leu Ala Ile Thr Lys Leu IleHis Gly Pro Pro 195 200 205 tct tga tacacaggac gtagtaaaca tttagggcttgttcatttcg ccgttaatcc 741 Ser * atgtggattg ggtggtattg agtcggtttaattccatagc aagtcaaaat acatcccaat 801 ccatcccaat acacaccaat acacatggaattgaaggtgg ttccatactt gtaacgtaat 861 tggtaactaa tgatgacgtt aaatcatatttgtttaagtt taattataat cagataccac 921 ataaaaaatt aatatcagac tatttaaatttattaccgct ggtattcaag tgtgaatcat 981 gtggctatat caacttctat tgtaagcagattgagagtag tcggtggtta accatattaa 1041 attaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaa 1067<210> SEQ ID NO 26 <211> LENGTH: 207 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Zeamays <400> SEQUENCE: 26 Met Pro Thr Leu Ile Ile Ile Lys Gly Arg Pro AsnMet Ala Ser Gly 1 5 10 15 Thr Pro Tyr Thr Ala Val Gly Val Ile Phe LeuSer Val Phe Leu Val 20 25 30 Ala Ala Ala Ser Ala Gly Arg Thr Ala Ala ProAla Ala Ala Pro Ser 35 40 45 Ser Lys Tyr Ser Leu Glu Glu Ala Cys Glu GlnThr Ala Gly His Glu 50 55 60 Asp Leu Cys Val Glu Thr Leu Ser Ala Asp ProSer Ser Lys Thr Ala 65 70 75 80 Asp Thr Thr Gly Leu Ala Arg Leu Ala IleGln Ala Ala Gln Arg Asn 85 90 95 Ala Ser Glu Thr Ala Thr Tyr Leu Ser SerIle Tyr Asp Asp Asp Ser 100 105 110 Leu Glu Asn Lys Thr Ala Gln Leu GlnGln Cys Leu Glu Asn Cys Gly 115 120 125 Glu Arg Tyr Glu Ser Ala Val GluGln Leu Ser Asp Ala Thr Ser Ala 130 135 140 Leu Asp Thr Gly Ala Tyr SerGlu Ser Glu Glu Leu Val Val Ala Ser 145 150 155 160 Gln Ala Glu Val ArgLeu Cys Gln Arg Gly Cys Gln Ala Val Pro Asn 165 170 175 His Arg Asn IleLeu Ser Ala Arg Asn Arg Asn Val Asp Gln Leu Cys 180 185 190 Ser Ile AlaLeu Ala Ile Thr Lys Leu Ile His Gly Pro Pro Ser 195 200 205 <210> SEQ IDNO 27 <211> LENGTH: 624 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Zea mays <400>SEQUENCE: 27 atgcccacat taattattat aaaaggccgg ccaaatatgg cttccggaacgccctacact 60 gccgtcggcg tcatcttcct ctccgtcttc ctcgtcgccg cggcatccgcaggccgcacc 120 gcggcacctg cggccgcgcc gtcgagcaag tactcgctcg aggaagcgtgcgagcagacc 180 gcggggcacg aggacctgtg cgtggagacg ctgtccgcgg acccgtcgtccaagactgcc 240 gacactacgg ggctcgcacg gttggccatc caggcggcac agcggaacgcgtcggagacg 300 gcgacctacc tctccagcat ctacgacgac gacagccttg agaacaagacggcgcagctg 360 cagcagtgcc ttgaaaactg cggcgagagg tacgagtcgg cggtggagcagctgtcggac 420 gcgacgtcgg cgctggacac gggcgcgtac agcgagtcgg aggagctggtggtggcgagc 480 caggctgagg tgaggctgtg tcagcgtggc tgccaagccg tgccgaaccaccgcaacatc 540 ctctcggcgc gcaaccgcaa cgtcgaccag ctctgcagca tcgcgctcgccatcaccaag 600 ctcatccacg gaccgccatc ttga 624 <210> SEQ ID NO 28 <211>LENGTH: 1214 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Oryza sativa <220> FEATURE:<221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (124)...(810) <400> SEQUENCE: 28aactagctat ctagcttagc ctcgctaaac caacaccatc gtaaaaatct ctttgatagt 60tgacatcgag gcagtgatta attaagtagc tagctagtta caggcacaag gagagaaaca 120cca atg gca tca atg gcg cca tcg gca atg gtg ctc atc gtc ctc ctc 168 MetAla Ser Met Ala Pro Ser Ala Met Val Leu Ile Val Leu Leu 1 5 10 15 gtcctg gtg gtt ctc ccg tcg agc act ctg tgc tca cgg gcg ggg cct 216 Val LeuVal Val Leu Pro Ser Ser Thr Leu Cys Ser Arg Ala Gly Pro 20 25 30 tct tccaag cac ggc cat ggc ggt ggc cac gcc aag cgc gtg ccg cca 264 Ser Ser LysHis Gly His Gly Gly Gly His Ala Lys Arg Val Pro Pro 35 40 45 ccg gcg tcggta ccg ccg ccg ccg ccg ccg cca cca gcg ccg gcg gcg 312 Pro Ala Ser ValPro Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Ala Pro Ala Ala 50 55 60 ctg gtg cgt gccacc tgc aac tcc acc tcc tac tac gac ctc tgc gtc 360 Leu Val Arg Ala ThrCys Asn Ser Thr Ser Tyr Tyr Asp Leu Cys Val 65 70 75 gcc gag ctg tcc gccgac ccg tcg agc gcc acg gcc gac gtg cgc gga 408 Ala Glu Leu Ser Ala AspPro Ser Ser Ala Thr Ala Asp Val Arg Gly 80 85 90 95 ctg tcg tcc atc gccgtc tcc gcc gcc gcc gcc aac gca tcc ggg gcg 456 Leu Ser Ser Ile Ala ValSer Ala Ala Ala Ala Asn Ala Ser Gly Ala 100 105 110 gcg cag gcg gcc tcggcg ctg gcg aac gcg acc gac gcg ggg acg acg 504 Ala Gln Ala Ala Ser AlaLeu Ala Asn Ala Thr Asp Ala Gly Thr Thr 115 120 125 gcg ggc gtc gcc ggcgac ggc ggc ggc gca gtc gta cag agg ctg ctc 552 Ala Gly Val Ala Gly AspGly Gly Gly Ala Val Val Gln Arg Leu Leu 130 135 140 gcc acc tgc gcg gccaag tac ggc gac gcc cgc gac gcg ctc gcc gcg 600 Ala Thr Cys Ala Ala LysTyr Gly Asp Ala Arg Asp Ala Leu Ala Ala 145 150 155 gcc aag ggc tcg atcgcg cag cag gac tac gac atg gcg tcc gtg cac 648 Ala Lys Gly Ser Ile AlaGln Gln Asp Tyr Asp Met Ala Ser Val His 160 165 170 175 gtc agc gcc gccgcg gag tac ccg cag gtg tgc agg acg ctg ttc ggg 696 Val Ser Ala Ala AlaGlu Tyr Pro Gln Val Cys Arg Thr Leu Phe Gly 180 185 190 cgg cag agc cccgga gac tac ccg ccg gag ctc gcc gcg aca gag gtg 744 Arg Gln Ser Pro GlyAsp Tyr Pro Pro Glu Leu Ala Ala Thr Glu Val 195 200 205 gcg ctc agg cagctc tgc tcc gtc gcg ctc gac atc atc gcg ctc ctc 792 Ala Leu Arg Gln LeuCys Ser Val Ala Leu Asp Ile Ile Ala Leu Leu 210 215 220 agc tca tcc agcaac tag cagctctgct tgttaccgag ctcaagttca 840 Ser Ser Ser Ser Asn * 225cccaaccagc taactactcg caattcgtat aggtacaaat ggtgcaaata tagtactgta 900taatactact gcatagaata catatacgtg taatgacacg tatttatctt ttttttttgc 960aaggggcacg tatatcaatt aattgtgtgt cccaattaat tagagtcgaa tccacttgat 1020atgttctttt gttaatttgt attatcactc catagaggag ttgctgtagt agtgcaaaag 1080gtacatgcgg ccgccggcag tatgcatgta tttcacttct gtttcagtat aataatggct 1140attcaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 1200aaaaaaaaaa aaaa 1214 <210> SEQ ID NO 29 <211> LENGTH: 228 <212> TYPE:PRT <213> ORGANISM: Oryza sativa <400> SEQUENCE: 29 Met Ala Ser Met AlaPro Ser Ala Met Val Leu Ile Val Leu Leu Val 1 5 10 15 Leu Val Val LeuPro Ser Ser Thr Leu Cys Ser Arg Ala Gly Pro Ser 20 25 30 Ser Lys His GlyHis Gly Gly Gly His Ala Lys Arg Val Pro Pro Pro 35 40 45 Ala Ser Val ProPro Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Ala Pro Ala Ala Leu 50 55 60 Val Arg Ala ThrCys Asn Ser Thr Ser Tyr Tyr Asp Leu Cys Val Ala 65 70 75 80 Glu Leu SerAla Asp Pro Ser Ser Ala Thr Ala Asp Val Arg Gly Leu 85 90 95 Ser Ser IleAla Val Ser Ala Ala Ala Ala Asn Ala Ser Gly Ala Ala 100 105 110 Gln AlaAla Ser Ala Leu Ala Asn Ala Thr Asp Ala Gly Thr Thr Ala 115 120 125 GlyVal Ala Gly Asp Gly Gly Gly Ala Val Val Gln Arg Leu Leu Ala 130 135 140Thr Cys Ala Ala Lys Tyr Gly Asp Ala Arg Asp Ala Leu Ala Ala Ala 145 150155 160 Lys Gly Ser Ile Ala Gln Gln Asp Tyr Asp Met Ala Ser Val His Val165 170 175 Ser Ala Ala Ala Glu Tyr Pro Gln Val Cys Arg Thr Leu Phe GlyArg 180 185 190 Gln Ser Pro Gly Asp Tyr Pro Pro Glu Leu Ala Ala Thr GluVal Ala 195 200 205 Leu Arg Gln Leu Cys Ser Val Ala Leu Asp Ile Ile AlaLeu Leu Ser 210 215 220 Ser Ser Ser Asn 225 <210> SEQ ID NO 30 <211>LENGTH: 687 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Oryza sativa <400> SEQUENCE:30 atggcatcaa tggcgccatc ggcaatggtg ctcatcgtcc tcctcgtcct ggtggttctc 60ccgtcgagca ctctgtgctc acgggcgggg ccttcttcca agcacggcca tggcggtggc 120cacgccaagc gcgtgccgcc accggcgtcg gtaccgccgc cgccgccgcc gccaccagcg 180ccggcggcgc tggtgcgtgc cacctgcaac tccacctcct actacgacct ctgcgtcgcc 240gagctgtccg ccgacccgtc gagcgccacg gccgacgtgc gcggactgtc gtccatcgcc 300gtctccgccg ccgccgccaa cgcatccggg gcggcgcagg cggcctcggc gctggcgaac 360gcgaccgacg cggggacgac ggcgggcgtc gccggcgacg gcggcggcgc agtcgtacag 420aggctgctcg ccacctgcgc ggccaagtac ggcgacgccc gcgacgcgct cgccgcggcc 480aagggctcga tcgcgcagca ggactacgac atggcgtccg tgcacgtcag cgccgccgcg 540gagtacccgc aggtgtgcag gacgctgttc gggcggcaga gccccggaga ctacccgccg 600gagctcgccg cgacagaggt ggcgctcagg cagctctgct ccgtcgcgct cgacatcatc 660gcgctcctca gctcatccag caactag 687 <210> SEQ ID NO 31 <211> LENGTH: 782<212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Glycine max <220> FEATURE: <221>NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (81)...(620) <400> SEQUENCE: 31 attgtctcctcccttttcac ccctctcccc cctcaaaaaa tctcaagata ccaattagca 60 ccctcctatactaatctata atg gct tct tct aag atc atc ttc ata ttt ctc 113 Met Ala SerSer Lys Ile Ile Phe Ile Phe Leu 1 5 10 ctc ttt cta gca cac ctt cat caacat aca ttt gtg aaa gga gat tcc 161 Leu Phe Leu Ala His Leu His Gln HisThr Phe Val Lys Gly Asp Ser 15 20 25 agt ttg ata aag aga act tgc aag aacacc aag tac tac aat cta tgc 209 Ser Leu Ile Lys Arg Thr Cys Lys Asn ThrLys Tyr Tyr Asn Leu Cys 30 35 40 ttc tct tcc ctc aaa tct gat cct agc agtcca aac gca gat cct aag 257 Phe Ser Ser Leu Lys Ser Asp Pro Ser Ser ProAsn Ala Asp Pro Lys 45 50 55 ggc cta gct gtg atc atg att ggg att gga atgacc aat gcc act tcc 305 Gly Leu Ala Val Ile Met Ile Gly Ile Gly Met ThrAsn Ala Thr Ser 60 65 70 75 act tct tcc tac ttg tct tca aag ttg ctt agcccc tcc aac aac aca 353 Thr Ser Ser Tyr Leu Ser Ser Lys Leu Leu Ser ProSer Asn Asn Thr 80 85 90 acc ttg aaa agg gtc cta aag gag tgt gca gat aagtac tca tat gct 401 Thr Leu Lys Arg Val Leu Lys Glu Cys Ala Asp Lys TyrSer Tyr Ala 95 100 105 ggt gat gcc ctc caa gat tcg gtt cag gat ttg gctaat gag gct tat 449 Gly Asp Ala Leu Gln Asp Ser Val Gln Asp Leu Ala AsnGlu Ala Tyr 110 115 120 gac tat gct tac atg cac atc act gcc gcc aaa gattac cca aat gct 497 Asp Tyr Ala Tyr Met His Ile Thr Ala Ala Lys Asp TyrPro Asn Ala 125 130 135 tgc cac aac gct ttc aaa cgg tac ccc ggt ttg gcttat cct cgt gat 545 Cys His Asn Ala Phe Lys Arg Tyr Pro Gly Leu Ala TyrPro Arg Asp 140 145 150 155 ctt gct agt aga gaa gat ggt ttg aag cat atatgt gat gtg gca atg 593 Leu Ala Ser Arg Glu Asp Gly Leu Lys His Ile CysAsp Val Ala Met 160 165 170 ggg att ata gat aat ctt gat tgg taggtgcatgcat ttgagtatat 640 Gly Ile Ile Asp Asn Leu Asp Trp * 175agcttccagt ttgttgtgca aaccatgtta tatctctggt gttatgtttg gttactatgt 700attgttaagt tcttggtata atatattaat gggaacaaaa ttttagtatt tgtttagaaa 760aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aa 782 <210> SEQ ID NO 32 <211> LENGTH: 179 <212>TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Glycine max <400> SEQUENCE: 32 Met Ala Ser SerLys Ile Ile Phe Ile Phe Leu Leu Phe Leu Ala His 1 5 10 15 Leu His GlnHis Thr Phe Val Lys Gly Asp Ser Ser Leu Ile Lys Arg 20 25 30 Thr Cys LysAsn Thr Lys Tyr Tyr Asn Leu Cys Phe Ser Ser Leu Lys 35 40 45 Ser Asp ProSer Ser Pro Asn Ala Asp Pro Lys Gly Leu Ala Val Ile 50 55 60 Met Ile GlyIle Gly Met Thr Asn Ala Thr Ser Thr Ser Ser Tyr Leu 65 70 75 80 Ser SerLys Leu Leu Ser Pro Ser Asn Asn Thr Thr Leu Lys Arg Val 85 90 95 Leu LysGlu Cys Ala Asp Lys Tyr Ser Tyr Ala Gly Asp Ala Leu Gln 100 105 110 AspSer Val Gln Asp Leu Ala Asn Glu Ala Tyr Asp Tyr Ala Tyr Met 115 120 125His Ile Thr Ala Ala Lys Asp Tyr Pro Asn Ala Cys His Asn Ala Phe 130 135140 Lys Arg Tyr Pro Gly Leu Ala Tyr Pro Arg Asp Leu Ala Ser Arg Glu 145150 155 160 Asp Gly Leu Lys His Ile Cys Asp Val Ala Met Gly Ile Ile AspAsn 165 170 175 Leu Asp Trp <210> SEQ ID NO 33 <211> LENGTH: 540 <212>TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Glycine max <400> SEQUENCE: 33 atggcttcttctaagatcat cttcatattt ctcctctttc tagcacacct tcatcaacat 60 acatttgtgaaaggagattc cagtttgata aagagaactt gcaagaacac caagtactac 120 aatctatgcttctcttccct caaatctgat cctagcagtc caaacgcaga tcctaagggc 180 ctagctgtgatcatgattgg gattggaatg accaatgcca cttccacttc ttcctacttg 240 tcttcaaagttgcttagccc ctccaacaac acaaccttga aaagggtcct aaaggagtgt 300 gcagataagtactcatatgc tggtgatgcc ctccaagatt cggttcagga tttggctaat 360 gaggcttatgactatgctta catgcacatc actgccgcca aagattaccc aaatgcttgc 420 cacaacgctttcaaacggta ccccggtttg gcttatcctc gtgatcttgc tagtagagaa 480 gatggtttgaagcatatatg tgatgtggca atggggatta tagataatct tgattggtag 540 <210> SEQ IDNO 34 <211> LENGTH: 814 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Glycine max<220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (99)...(638) <400>SEQUENCE: 34 gcccacattt tctatatact tttgaattgt cttctccctt ttcaccccctctcccctcaa 60 aaaatctaaa gacacaaaac accctcctat actctata atg gtt tct tctaag atc 116 Met Val Ser Ser Lys Ile 1 5 ttc ttc ctt ttt ctc ctc ttt ctagca cac ctt cat caa cat gca tct 164 Phe Phe Leu Phe Leu Leu Phe Leu AlaHis Leu His Gln His Ala Ser 10 15 20 gtg gaa gga gat tcc agt ttg ata aagaga act tgc aag aac acc aag 212 Val Glu Gly Asp Ser Ser Leu Ile Lys ArgThr Cys Lys Asn Thr Lys 25 30 35 tac tac aat cta tgc ttc tct tcc ctc aaatct gat cca agc agt cca 260 Tyr Tyr Asn Leu Cys Phe Ser Ser Leu Lys SerAsp Pro Ser Ser Pro 40 45 50 aac gca gat cct aag ggc cta gct gtg atc atgatt gga ata gga atg 308 Asn Ala Asp Pro Lys Gly Leu Ala Val Ile Met IleGly Ile Gly Met 55 60 65 70 acc aat gcc act tcc aca tcc tcc tac ttg tcttca aag ttg cct acc 356 Thr Asn Ala Thr Ser Thr Ser Ser Tyr Leu Ser SerLys Leu Pro Thr 75 80 85 ccc tcc aac aac aca acc tgg aaa agg gtc ctc aaggag tgt gct gat 404 Pro Ser Asn Asn Thr Thr Trp Lys Arg Val Leu Lys GluCys Ala Asp 90 95 100 aag tac tcc tat gct ggt gat gcc ctc caa gat tcggtg cag gat ttg 452 Lys Tyr Ser Tyr Ala Gly Asp Ala Leu Gln Asp Ser ValGln Asp Leu 105 110 115 gct aat gag gct tat gac tat gct tac atg cac atcact gcc gcc aaa 500 Ala Asn Glu Ala Tyr Asp Tyr Ala Tyr Met His Ile ThrAla Ala Lys 120 125 130 gat tac cca aat gct tgc cac aac gct ttc aaa cggtac cct ggt ttg 548 Asp Tyr Pro Asn Ala Cys His Asn Ala Phe Lys Arg TyrPro Gly Leu 135 140 145 150 gtt tat cct cgt gat ctt gct cgt aga gaa gatggt ttg aag cat ata 596 Val Tyr Pro Arg Asp Leu Ala Arg Arg Glu Asp GlyLeu Lys His Ile 155 160 165 tgc gat gtg gca atg ggg att ata gat aat cttgat tgg tag 638 Cys Asp Val Ala Met Gly Ile Ile Asp Asn Leu Asp Trp *170 175 gtgcatgcat ttgagtatat agcttccagt ttgttatgca aaccatgttatatctctggt 698 gttatgtttg gctaccttgt atcttgttaa ttatgttctt ggtataatatattggacata 758 aatgttttag tctttttgaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 814 <210> SEQ ID NO 35 <211> LENGTH: 179 <212> TYPE: PRT <213>ORGANISM: Glycine max <400> SEQUENCE: 35 Met Val Ser Ser Lys Ile Phe PheLeu Phe Leu Leu Phe Leu Ala His 1 5 10 15 Leu His Gln His Ala Ser ValGlu Gly Asp Ser Ser Leu Ile Lys Arg 20 25 30 Thr Cys Lys Asn Thr Lys TyrTyr Asn Leu Cys Phe Ser Ser Leu Lys 35 40 45 Ser Asp Pro Ser Ser Pro AsnAla Asp Pro Lys Gly Leu Ala Val Ile 50 55 60 Met Ile Gly Ile Gly Met ThrAsn Ala Thr Ser Thr Ser Ser Tyr Leu 65 70 75 80 Ser Ser Lys Leu Pro ThrPro Ser Asn Asn Thr Thr Trp Lys Arg Val 85 90 95 Leu Lys Glu Cys Ala AspLys Tyr Ser Tyr Ala Gly Asp Ala Leu Gln 100 105 110 Asp Ser Val Gln AspLeu Ala Asn Glu Ala Tyr Asp Tyr Ala Tyr Met 115 120 125 His Ile Thr AlaAla Lys Asp Tyr Pro Asn Ala Cys His Asn Ala Phe 130 135 140 Lys Arg TyrPro Gly Leu Val Tyr Pro Arg Asp Leu Ala Arg Arg Glu 145 150 155 160 AspGly Leu Lys His Ile Cys Asp Val Ala Met Gly Ile Ile Asp Asn 165 170 175Leu Asp Trp <210> SEQ ID NO 36 <211> LENGTH: 540 <212> TYPE: DNA <213>ORGANISM: Glycine max <400> SEQUENCE: 36 atggtttctt ctaagatcttcttccttttt ctcctctttc tagcacacct tcatcaacat 60 gcatctgtgg aaggagattccagtttgata aagagaactt gcaagaacac caagtactac 120 aatctatgct tctcttccctcaaatctgat ccaagcagtc caaacgcaga tcctaagggc 180 ctagctgtga tcatgattggaataggaatg accaatgcca cttccacatc ctcctacttg 240 tcttcaaagt tgcctaccccctccaacaac acaacctgga aaagggtcct caaggagtgt 300 gctgataagt actcctatgctggtgatgcc ctccaagatt cggtgcagga tttggctaat 360 gaggcttatg actatgcttacatgcacatc actgccgcca aagattaccc aaatgcttgc 420 cacaacgctt tcaaacggtaccctggtttg gtttatcctc gtgatcttgc tcgtagagaa 480 gatggtttga agcatatatgcgatgtggca atggggatta tagataatct tgattggtag 540 <210> SEQ ID NO 37 <211>LENGTH: 766 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Glycine max <220> FEATURE:<221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (6)...(542) <400> SEQUENCE: 37 caacaatg aca aac ttg aag cct cta att ctc tta gcc att att gtt atg 50 Met ThrAsn Leu Lys Pro Leu Ile Leu Leu Ala Ile Ile Val Met 1 5 10 15 att tcaata cca tca agc cac tgc aga acc ttg ctt cca gaa aat gaa 98 Ile Ser IlePro Ser Ser His Cys Arg Thr Leu Leu Pro Glu Asn Glu 20 25 30 aag ctg atagag aac act tgc agg aag acc ccc aac tac aac gtt tgc 146 Lys Leu Ile GluAsn Thr Cys Arg Lys Thr Pro Asn Tyr Asn Val Cys 35 40 45 ctt gag tct ctgaag gca agc cct ggg agc tcc agt gct gac gtc aca 194 Leu Glu Ser Leu LysAla Ser Pro Gly Ser Ser Ser Ala Asp Val Thr 50 55 60 ggg cta gct caa atcatg gtg aaa gag atg aag gca aaa gca aac tat 242 Gly Leu Ala Gln Ile MetVal Lys Glu Met Lys Ala Lys Ala Asn Tyr 65 70 75 gca ttg aag aga atc caggag ctg cag agg gtg gga gca ggg cct aat 290 Ala Leu Lys Arg Ile Gln GluLeu Gln Arg Val Gly Ala Gly Pro Asn 80 85 90 95 aag caa aga aga gcc ttgagt tct tgt gtt gat aaa tac aaa acg gtt 338 Lys Gln Arg Arg Ala Leu SerSer Cys Val Asp Lys Tyr Lys Thr Val 100 105 110 tta att gct gat gtt ccacaa gcc act gag gct ctg cag aaa ggg gac 386 Leu Ile Ala Asp Val Pro GlnAla Thr Glu Ala Leu Gln Lys Gly Asp 115 120 125 ccc aag ttt gct gaa gatggg gct aat gat gct gct aat gag gct acc 434 Pro Lys Phe Ala Glu Asp GlyAla Asn Asp Ala Ala Asn Glu Ala Thr 130 135 140 ttt tgt gag gct gat ttctct gct ggg aat tcc cca ctc acc aaa cag 482 Phe Cys Glu Ala Asp Phe SerAla Gly Asn Ser Pro Leu Thr Lys Gln 145 150 155 aac aat gct atg cat gatgtt gct gct gtt act gcc gct att gtt aga 530 Asn Asn Ala Met His Asp ValAla Ala Val Thr Ala Ala Ile Val Arg 160 165 170 175 ttg ttg ctc taataattctagt tgctgaaacc tatatatatg cttaattgta 582 Leu Leu Leu * ttaactaaatatagattata gatgtctctg catcatgctg acttggtgcc tgttaactgt 642 aatgtgaaaatactatcttt tttataaaat gttgttatat gtaataaaat ccaaccctct 702 cgtgattctcacgagtttcc cagaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 762 aaaa 766<210> SEQ ID NO 38 <211> LENGTH: 178 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM:Glycine max <400> SEQUENCE: 38 Met Thr Asn Leu Lys Pro Leu Ile Leu LeuAla Ile Ile Val Met Ile 1 5 10 15 Ser Ile Pro Ser Ser His Cys Arg ThrLeu Leu Pro Glu Asn Glu Lys 20 25 30 Leu Ile Glu Asn Thr Cys Arg Lys ThrPro Asn Tyr Asn Val Cys Leu 35 40 45 Glu Ser Leu Lys Ala Ser Pro Gly SerSer Ser Ala Asp Val Thr Gly 50 55 60 Leu Ala Gln Ile Met Val Lys Glu MetLys Ala Lys Ala Asn Tyr Ala 65 70 75 80 Leu Lys Arg Ile Gln Glu Leu GlnArg Val Gly Ala Gly Pro Asn Lys 85 90 95 Gln Arg Arg Ala Leu Ser Ser CysVal Asp Lys Tyr Lys Thr Val Leu 100 105 110 Ile Ala Asp Val Pro Gln AlaThr Glu Ala Leu Gln Lys Gly Asp Pro 115 120 125 Lys Phe Ala Glu Asp GlyAla Asn Asp Ala Ala Asn Glu Ala Thr Phe 130 135 140 Cys Glu Ala Asp PheSer Ala Gly Asn Ser Pro Leu Thr Lys Gln Asn 145 150 155 160 Asn Ala MetHis Asp Val Ala Ala Val Thr Ala Ala Ile Val Arg Leu 165 170 175 Leu Leu<210> SEQ ID NO 39 <211> LENGTH: 537 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM:Glycine max <400> SEQUENCE: 39 atgacaaact tgaagcctct aattctcttagccattattg ttatgatttc aataccatca 60 agccactgca gaaccttgct tccagaaaatgaaaagctga tagagaacac ttgcaggaag 120 acccccaact acaacgtttg ccttgagtctctgaaggcaa gccctgggag ctccagtgct 180 gacgtcacag ggctagctca aatcatggtgaaagagatga aggcaaaagc aaactatgca 240 ttgaagagaa tccaggagct gcagagggtgggagcagggc ctaataagca aagaagagcc 300 ttgagttctt gtgttgataa atacaaaacggttttaattg ctgatgttcc acaagccact 360 gaggctctgc agaaagggga ccccaagtttgctgaagatg gggctaatga tgctgctaat 420 gaggctacct tttgtgaggc tgatttctctgctgggaatt ccccactcac caaacagaac 480 aatgctatgc atgatgttgc tgctgttactgccgctattg ttagattgtt gctctaa 537 <210> SEQ ID NO 40 <211> LENGTH: 826<212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Glycine max <220> FEATURE: <221>NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (111)...(719) <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature<222> LOCATION: (1)...(826) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: n = A,T,C or G<400> SEQUENCE: 40 aaaaggttag gtccactaca tctgctccta accataaaaaggcctagcag cattccattc 60 agtggaatct agcaactacc aaaaccaatc tctttcaataatcaacaaca atg aca 116 Met Thr 1 aac ttg aag cct cta att ctc ttc ttt tatctc cta gcc att gtt gtt 164 Asn Leu Lys Pro Leu Ile Leu Phe Phe Tyr LeuLeu Ala Ile Val Val 5 10 15 atg att tca ata cca tca agc cac tgc agc agaacc ttg ctt cca gaa 212 Met Ile Ser Ile Pro Ser Ser His Cys Ser Arg ThrLeu Leu Pro Glu 20 25 30 aac gaa aag ctg ata gag aac act tgc aag aaa actccc aac tac aac 260 Asn Glu Lys Leu Ile Glu Asn Thr Cys Lys Lys Thr ProAsn Tyr Asn 35 40 45 50 gtt tgc ctt gag tct ctg aag gca agc cct ggg agctcc agt gct gac 308 Val Cys Leu Glu Ser Leu Lys Ala Ser Pro Gly Ser SerSer Ala Asp 55 60 65 gtc aca ggg ctg gct caa atc atg gtc aaa gag atg aaggcc aaa gca 356 Val Thr Gly Leu Ala Gln Ile Met Val Lys Glu Met Lys AlaLys Ala 70 75 80 aac gat gca ttg aaa aga atc caa gag ttg cag agg gtg ggagca tcg 404 Asn Asp Ala Leu Lys Arg Ile Gln Glu Leu Gln Arg Val Gly AlaSer 85 90 95 ggg cct aag caa aga aga gcc ttg agt tct tgt gct gat aaa tacaaa 452 Gly Pro Lys Gln Arg Arg Ala Leu Ser Ser Cys Ala Asp Lys Tyr Lys100 105 110 gcg gtt tta att gct gat gtt cca caa gcc act gag gct ctg cagaaa 500 Ala Val Leu Ile Ala Asp Val Pro Gln Ala Thr Glu Ala Leu Gln Lys115 120 125 130 ggt gac ccc aag ttt gct gaa gat ggg gct aat gat gct gctaat gag 548 Gly Asp Pro Lys Phe Ala Glu Asp Gly Ala Asn Asp Ala Ala AsnGlu 135 140 145 gct act tat tgt gag act gat ttc tct gca gca ggg aat tcccca ctc 596 Ala Thr Tyr Cys Glu Thr Asp Phe Ser Ala Ala Gly Asn Ser ProLeu 150 155 160 acc aaa cag aac aat gct atg cat gat gtt gct gct gtt actgcc gct 644 Thr Lys Gln Asn Asn Ala Met His Asp Val Ala Ala Val Thr AlaAla 165 170 175 att gtt aaa ttg ttg ctc caa act ata tat act aaa ttg tacctg tta 692 Ile Val Lys Leu Leu Leu Gln Thr Ile Tyr Thr Lys Leu Tyr LeuLeu 180 185 190 act gta atg gtg aaa ata cta tcc taa ttttaaaagccttttttata 739 Thr Val Met Val Lys Ile Leu Ser * 195 200 aaaatngtttattaatatgt taataaaaat ccaaaccctc cccgtngaat tctcaacaaa 799 tttcccaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa 826 <210> SEQ ID NO 41 <211> LENGTH: 202 <212> TYPE:PRT <213> ORGANISM: Glycine max <400> SEQUENCE: 41 Met Thr Asn Leu LysPro Leu Ile Leu Phe Phe Tyr Leu Leu Ala Ile 1 5 10 15 Val Val Met IleSer Ile Pro Ser Ser His Cys Ser Arg Thr Leu Leu 20 25 30 Pro Glu Asn GluLys Leu Ile Glu Asn Thr Cys Lys Lys Thr Pro Asn 35 40 45 Tyr Asn Val CysLeu Glu Ser Leu Lys Ala Ser Pro Gly Ser Ser Ser 50 55 60 Ala Asp Val ThrGly Leu Ala Gln Ile Met Val Lys Glu Met Lys Ala 65 70 75 80 Lys Ala AsnAsp Ala Leu Lys Arg Ile Gln Glu Leu Gln Arg Val Gly 85 90 95 Ala Ser GlyPro Lys Gln Arg Arg Ala Leu Ser Ser Cys Ala Asp Lys 100 105 110 Tyr LysAla Val Leu Ile Ala Asp Val Pro Gln Ala Thr Glu Ala Leu 115 120 125 GlnLys Gly Asp Pro Lys Phe Ala Glu Asp Gly Ala Asn Asp Ala Ala 130 135 140Asn Glu Ala Thr Tyr Cys Glu Thr Asp Phe Ser Ala Ala Gly Asn Ser 145 150155 160 Pro Leu Thr Lys Gln Asn Asn Ala Met His Asp Val Ala Ala Val Thr165 170 175 Ala Ala Ile Val Lys Leu Leu Leu Gln Thr Ile Tyr Thr Lys LeuTyr 180 185 190 Leu Leu Thr Val Met Val Lys Ile Leu Ser 195 200 <210>SEQ ID NO 42 <211> LENGTH: 609 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Glycinemax <400> SEQUENCE: 42 atgacaaact tgaagcctct aattctcttc ttttatctcctagccattgt tgttatgatt 60 tcaataccat caagccactg cagcagaacc ttgcttccagaaaacgaaaa gctgatagag 120 aacacttgca agaaaactcc caactacaac gtttgccttgagtctctgaa ggcaagccct 180 gggagctcca gtgctgacgt cacagggctg gctcaaatcatggtcaaaga gatgaaggcc 240 aaagcaaacg atgcattgaa aagaatccaa gagttgcagagggtgggagc atcggggcct 300 aagcaaagaa gagccttgag ttcttgtgct gataaatacaaagcggtttt aattgctgat 360 gttccacaag ccactgaggc tctgcagaaa ggtgaccccaagtttgctga agatggggct 420 aatgatgctg ctaatgaggc tacttattgt gagactgatttctctgcagc agggaattcc 480 ccactcacca aacagaacaa tgctatgcat gatgttgctgctgttactgc cgctattgtt 540 aaattgttgc tccaaactat atatactaaa ttgtacctgttaactgtaat ggtgaaaata 600 ctatcctaa 609 <210> SEQ ID NO 43 <211> LENGTH:983 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Glycine max <220> FEATURE: <221>NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (50)...(598) <400> SEQUENCE: 43 ccttcttcatcttctacttc tatctcccta catactcatt caaacagac atg aaa att 58 Met Lys Ile 1atg gaa tca tta gct ctt atc ttc tac agt act ctt gtt tta gct acg 106 MetGlu Ser Leu Ala Leu Ile Phe Tyr Ser Thr Leu Val Leu Ala Thr 5 10 15 atttca gtt cca gca act aac tcc aga atc atc cat caa aaa aac aat 154 Ile SerVal Pro Ala Thr Asn Ser Arg Ile Ile His Gln Lys Asn Asn 20 25 30 35 gccaat ctg att gaa gaa act tgc aag cag aca ccc cat cac gac ctt 202 Ala AsnLeu Ile Glu Glu Thr Cys Lys Gln Thr Pro His His Asp Leu 40 45 50 tgc atccaa tac ctc tcc tcc gac cct cgc agc acc gaa gca gat gtg 250 Cys Ile GlnTyr Leu Ser Ser Asp Pro Arg Ser Thr Glu Ala Asp Val 55 60 65 aca ggg ctggca ctt att atg gtc aac gta atc aaa atc aaa gca aac 298 Thr Gly Leu AlaLeu Ile Met Val Asn Val Ile Lys Ile Lys Ala Asn 70 75 80 aat gca ttg gacaaa atc cac caa ctg ctt cag aaa aac cct gaa cct 346 Asn Ala Leu Asp LysIle His Gln Leu Leu Gln Lys Asn Pro Glu Pro 85 90 95 agt caa aag gaa ccactg agt tcg tgt gct gct aga tac aaa gca att 394 Ser Gln Lys Glu Pro LeuSer Ser Cys Ala Ala Arg Tyr Lys Ala Ile 100 105 110 115 gtg gaa gct gacgtg gca caa gcc gtt gcg tct ctg cag aaa gga gac 442 Val Glu Ala Asp ValAla Gln Ala Val Ala Ser Leu Gln Lys Gly Asp 120 125 130 ccc aag ttc gcagaa gat ggt gcc aat gat gct gct att gag gcc acc 490 Pro Lys Phe Ala GluAsp Gly Ala Asn Asp Ala Ala Ile Glu Ala Thr 135 140 145 act tgt gag aacagc ttc tct gct ggg aaa tcg cca ctc acc aat cac 538 Thr Cys Glu Asn SerPhe Ser Ala Gly Lys Ser Pro Leu Thr Asn His 150 155 160 aac aat gct atgcac gat gtt gca acc ata act gca gct ata gtt aga 586 Asn Asn Ala Met HisAsp Val Ala Thr Ile Thr Ala Ala Ile Val Arg 165 170 175 caa ttg ctc tagtgacacttac tccaacggag gggatgatgc aatttaattt 638 Gln Leu Leu * 180tcgtaatatc acattataat tatattttca attaacacaa cataaaatct tgctctcttg 698ttggtctctt ctgtaatgga aacacaactg cttttgccac ttcacaattc tcatttctca 758ctgtcccctc tcctctgctt tccacgtttc ttattttcat ttttcttctt tgattcttgg 818aaaataattg acagcgcatg ggatgtgata tgcctctgtc ttgtgcttct actttcttct 878aatgtatcat caatttagcc tttttaactt taacaaacat ttgttaatca gatccttcat 938attatgaaga tattgacatt taaacttaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaa 983 <210> SEQ ID NO 44<211> LENGTH: 182 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Glycine max <400>SEQUENCE: 44 Met Lys Ile Met Glu Ser Leu Ala Leu Ile Phe Tyr Ser Thr LeuVal 1 5 10 15 Leu Ala Thr Ile Ser Val Pro Ala Thr Asn Ser Arg Ile IleHis Gln 20 25 30 Lys Asn Asn Ala Asn Leu Ile Glu Glu Thr Cys Lys Gln ThrPro His 35 40 45 His Asp Leu Cys Ile Gln Tyr Leu Ser Ser Asp Pro Arg SerThr Glu 50 55 60 Ala Asp Val Thr Gly Leu Ala Leu Ile Met Val Asn Val IleLys Ile 65 70 75 80 Lys Ala Asn Asn Ala Leu Asp Lys Ile His Gln Leu LeuGln Lys Asn 85 90 95 Pro Glu Pro Ser Gln Lys Glu Pro Leu Ser Ser Cys AlaAla Arg Tyr 100 105 110 Lys Ala Ile Val Glu Ala Asp Val Ala Gln Ala ValAla Ser Leu Gln 115 120 125 Lys Gly Asp Pro Lys Phe Ala Glu Asp Gly AlaAsn Asp Ala Ala Ile 130 135 140 Glu Ala Thr Thr Cys Glu Asn Ser Phe SerAla Gly Lys Ser Pro Leu 145 150 155 160 Thr Asn His Asn Asn Ala Met HisAsp Val Ala Thr Ile Thr Ala Ala 165 170 175 Ile Val Arg Gln Leu Leu 180<210> SEQ ID NO 45 <211> LENGTH: 549 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM:Glycine max <400> SEQUENCE: 45 atgaaaatta tggaatcatt agctcttatcttctacagta ctcttgtttt agctacgatt 60 tcagttccag caactaactc cagaatcatccatcaaaaaa acaatgccaa tctgattgaa 120 gaaacttgca agcagacacc ccatcacgacctttgcatcc aatacctctc ctccgaccct 180 cgcagcaccg aagcagatgt gacagggctggcacttatta tggtcaacgt aatcaaaatc 240 aaagcaaaca atgcattgga caaaatccaccaactgcttc agaaaaaccc tgaacctagt 300 caaaaggaac cactgagttc gtgtgctgctagatacaaag caattgtgga agctgacgtg 360 gcacaagccg ttgcgtctct gcagaaaggagaccccaagt tcgcagaaga tggtgccaat 420 gatgctgcta ttgaggccac cacttgtgagaacagcttct ctgctgggaa atcgccactc 480 accaatcaca acaatgctat gcacgatgttgcaaccataa ctgcagctat agttagacaa 540 ttgctctag 549 <210> SEQ ID NO 46<211> LENGTH: 609 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Glycine max <220>FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (16)...(609) <400>SEQUENCE: 46 gtttatacca aataa atg atg tta caa gct tct ttt ttg cgc ttgatc tct 51 Met Met Leu Gln Ala Ser Phe Leu Arg Leu Ile Ser 1 5 10 ttcttc ttt ctc atc gca ctc cct ctt gga aga agc tct acc acc ttg 99 Phe PhePhe Leu Ile Ala Leu Pro Leu Gly Arg Ser Ser Thr Thr Leu 15 20 25 aat gtacca aag gac ata atc aac caa aca tgc caa aaa tgt gcc aac 147 Asn Val ProLys Asp Ile Ile Asn Gln Thr Cys Gln Lys Cys Ala Asn 30 35 40 caa tcc atcatc ttg agc tac aag cta tgc tcc act tct ctt ccg acg 195 Gln Ser Ile IleLeu Ser Tyr Lys Leu Cys Ser Thr Ser Leu Pro Thr 45 50 55 60 gtt ccg gtgagt cac tcc gca aat ctc gaa ggg ttg gcg ttg gtt gca 243 Val Pro Val SerHis Ser Ala Asn Leu Glu Gly Leu Ala Leu Val Ala 65 70 75 atg gag cta gcacta gag aat gtc act agc act ttg gca atc ata gag 291 Met Glu Leu Ala LeuGlu Asn Val Thr Ser Thr Leu Ala Ile Ile Glu 80 85 90 aag cta tta gat agcaca agt ttg gat aat tct gct ttg ggg tgc tta 339 Lys Leu Leu Asp Ser ThrSer Leu Asp Asn Ser Ala Leu Gly Cys Leu 95 100 105 gca gat tgc ttg gaactg tac tct gat gca gca tgg aca ata ctg aat 387 Ala Asp Cys Leu Glu LeuTyr Ser Asp Ala Ala Trp Thr Ile Leu Asn 110 115 120 tcc gta ggt gtt ttcttg tct ggg aat tat gat gta act agg att tgg 435 Ser Val Gly Val Phe LeuSer Gly Asn Tyr Asp Val Thr Arg Ile Trp 125 130 135 140 atg agt tca gttatg gaa gca gca tca aca tgc caa caa ggt ttt act 483 Met Ser Ser Val MetGlu Ala Ala Ser Thr Cys Gln Gln Gly Phe Thr 145 150 155 gag aga ggt gaagct tct cct ttg aca cag gag aat tat aat ctc ttt 531 Glu Arg Gly Glu AlaSer Pro Leu Thr Gln Glu Asn Tyr Asn Leu Phe 160 165 170 cag ttg tgt ggtatt gca ctt tgc att att cat ttg gct aca cct gga 579 Gln Leu Cys Gly IleAla Leu Cys Ile Ile His Leu Ala Thr Pro Gly 175 180 185 gta cct tat tctcaa tta ttc cac aga taa 609 Val Pro Tyr Ser Gln Leu Phe His Arg * 190195 <210> SEQ ID NO 47 <211> LENGTH: 197 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM:Glycine max <400> SEQUENCE: 47 Met Met Leu Gln Ala Ser Phe Leu Arg LeuIle Ser Phe Phe Phe Leu 1 5 10 15 Ile Ala Leu Pro Leu Gly Arg Ser SerThr Thr Leu Asn Val Pro Lys 20 25 30 Asp Ile Ile Asn Gln Thr Cys Gln LysCys Ala Asn Gln Ser Ile Ile 35 40 45 Leu Ser Tyr Lys Leu Cys Ser Thr SerLeu Pro Thr Val Pro Val Ser 50 55 60 His Ser Ala Asn Leu Glu Gly Leu AlaLeu Val Ala Met Glu Leu Ala 65 70 75 80 Leu Glu Asn Val Thr Ser Thr LeuAla Ile Ile Glu Lys Leu Leu Asp 85 90 95 Ser Thr Ser Leu Asp Asn Ser AlaLeu Gly Cys Leu Ala Asp Cys Leu 100 105 110 Glu Leu Tyr Ser Asp Ala AlaTrp Thr Ile Leu Asn Ser Val Gly Val 115 120 125 Phe Leu Ser Gly Asn TyrAsp Val Thr Arg Ile Trp Met Ser Ser Val 130 135 140 Met Glu Ala Ala SerThr Cys Gln Gln Gly Phe Thr Glu Arg Gly Glu 145 150 155 160 Ala Ser ProLeu Thr Gln Glu Asn Tyr Asn Leu Phe Gln Leu Cys Gly 165 170 175 Ile AlaLeu Cys Ile Ile His Leu Ala Thr Pro Gly Val Pro Tyr Ser 180 185 190 GlnLeu Phe His Arg 195 <210> SEQ ID NO 48 <211> LENGTH: 594 <212> TYPE: DNA<213> ORGANISM: Glycine max <400> SEQUENCE: 48 atgatgttac aagcttcttttttgcgcttg atctctttct tctttctcat cgcactccct 60 cttggaagaa gctctaccaccttgaatgta ccaaaggaca taatcaacca aacatgccaa 120 aaatgtgcca accaatccatcatcttgagc tacaagctat gctccacttc tcttccgacg 180 gttccggtga gtcactccgcaaatctcgaa gggttggcgt tggttgcaat ggagctagca 240 ctagagaatg tcactagcactttggcaatc atagagaagc tattagatag cacaagtttg 300 gataattctg ctttggggtgcttagcagat tgcttggaac tgtactctga tgcagcatgg 360 acaatactga attccgtaggtgttttcttg tctgggaatt atgatgtaac taggatttgg 420 atgagttcag ttatggaagcagcatcaaca tgccaacaag gttttactga gagaggtgaa 480 gcttctcctt tgacacaggagaattataat ctctttcagt tgtgtggtat tgcactttgc 540 attattcatt tggctacacctggagtacct tattctcaat tattccacag ataa 594 <210> SEQ ID NO 49 <211>LENGTH: 673 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Triticum l <220> FEATURE:<221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (33)...(551) <400> SEQUENCE: 49cagaaacaca agaaaatcgt tgtagcaaag cc atg agg cca tca caa gct ctc 53 MetArg Pro Ser Gln Ala Leu 1 5 tcg ctt ctc gtt gtt gtc ctc ctc ctc gtc tcgtcc agt gct tcc atc 101 Ser Leu Leu Val Val Val Leu Leu Leu Val Ser SerSer Ala Ser Ile 10 15 20 cta gaa gat acc tgc aag cgc ttc gac ggc gct gacatc tat gat atc 149 Leu Glu Asp Thr Cys Lys Arg Phe Asp Gly Ala Asp IleTyr Asp Ile 25 30 35 tgc atc aag ttc ttc aag gcc aac aag gac agc gcc accaca gac aag 197 Cys Ile Lys Phe Phe Lys Ala Asn Lys Asp Ser Ala Thr ThrAsp Lys 40 45 50 55 cgt ggc ctt gct gtc att gcc act aag att gcc agt gcgaca gct gtg 245 Arg Gly Leu Ala Val Ile Ala Thr Lys Ile Ala Ser Ala ThrAla Val 60 65 70 gac acc cgc aag cgc att gcc atc ctg aag gcc gag gaa aaggac cat 293 Asp Thr Arg Lys Arg Ile Ala Ile Leu Lys Ala Glu Glu Lys AspHis 75 80 85 atg atc caa cag gtc ctc gcc tac tgt gac aat atg tac tcc agagct 341 Met Ile Gln Gln Val Leu Ala Tyr Cys Asp Asn Met Tyr Ser Arg Ala90 95 100 atg ggc ttg ttt gac aaa gct gcc agg ggc atc ttg tca ggc aggttg 389 Met Gly Leu Phe Asp Lys Ala Ala Arg Gly Ile Leu Ser Gly Arg Leu105 110 115 ggc gac gcg gtg acg agc ctc agc tcc gcg ttg gat att ccc aaatat 437 Gly Asp Ala Val Thr Ser Leu Ser Ser Ala Leu Asp Ile Pro Lys Tyr120 125 130 135 tgc gat gac gag ttc ctc gag gca ggc gtg aag tca ccg ttcgat gcc 485 Cys Asp Asp Glu Phe Leu Glu Ala Gly Val Lys Ser Pro Phe AspAla 140 145 150 gag aac agc gag ttc gag atg caa tgt gcc ata act ctg ggtgta acg 533 Glu Asn Ser Glu Phe Glu Met Gln Cys Ala Ile Thr Leu Gly ValThr 155 160 165 aag atg ctg acc ttc tag ttagctagcc agcgaggata tgaatctagg581 Lys Met Leu Thr Phe * 170 taactacaac aagattccat agtaattttgatgagcaaac tcctcaaaat taataagccc 641 acaatgttat cactgaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aa673 <210> SEQ ID NO 50 <211> LENGTH: 172 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM:Triticum l <400> SEQUENCE: 50 Met Arg Pro Ser Gln Ala Leu Ser Leu LeuVal Val Val Leu Leu Leu 1 5 10 15 Val Ser Ser Ser Ala Ser Ile Leu GluAsp Thr Cys Lys Arg Phe Asp 20 25 30 Gly Ala Asp Ile Tyr Asp Ile Cys IleLys Phe Phe Lys Ala Asn Lys 35 40 45 Asp Ser Ala Thr Thr Asp Lys Arg GlyLeu Ala Val Ile Ala Thr Lys 50 55 60 Ile Ala Ser Ala Thr Ala Val Asp ThrArg Lys Arg Ile Ala Ile Leu 65 70 75 80 Lys Ala Glu Glu Lys Asp His MetIle Gln Gln Val Leu Ala Tyr Cys 85 90 95 Asp Asn Met Tyr Ser Arg Ala MetGly Leu Phe Asp Lys Ala Ala Arg 100 105 110 Gly Ile Leu Ser Gly Arg LeuGly Asp Ala Val Thr Ser Leu Ser Ser 115 120 125 Ala Leu Asp Ile Pro LysTyr Cys Asp Asp Glu Phe Leu Glu Ala Gly 130 135 140 Val Lys Ser Pro PheAsp Ala Glu Asn Ser Glu Phe Glu Met Gln Cys 145 150 155 160 Ala Ile ThrLeu Gly Val Thr Lys Met Leu Thr Phe 165 170 <210> SEQ ID NO 51 <211>LENGTH: 519 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Triticum l <400> SEQUENCE:51 atgaggccat cacaagctct ctcgcttctc gttgttgtcc tcctcctcgt ctcgtccagt 60gcttccatcc tagaagatac ctgcaagcgc ttcgacggcg ctgacatcta tgatatctgc 120atcaagttct tcaaggccaa caaggacagc gccaccacag acaagcgtgg ccttgctgtc 180attgccacta agattgccag tgcgacagct gtggacaccc gcaagcgcat tgccatcctg 240aaggccgagg aaaaggacca tatgatccaa caggtcctcg cctactgtga caatatgtac 300tccagagcta tgggcttgtt tgacaaagct gccaggggca tcttgtcagg caggttgggc 360gacgcggtga cgagcctcag ctccgcgttg gatattccca aatattgcga tgacgagttc 420ctcgaggcag gcgtgaagtc accgttcgat gccgagaaca gcgagttcga gatgcaatgt 480gccataactc tgggtgtaac gaagatgctg accttctag 519 <210> SEQ ID NO 52 <211>LENGTH: 665 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Triticum l. <220> FEATURE:<221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (33)...(551) <400> SEQUENCE: 52cagaaacaca agaaaattgt tgcggcaaaa cc atg agg tcg ccg caa gct ctc 53 MetArg Ser Pro Gln Ala Leu 1 5 tcg ctt ctt gtt gtt gtc ctc ctc ctt gcc tcgtcc agt gct tcc gtc 101 Ser Leu Leu Val Val Val Leu Leu Leu Ala Ser SerSer Ala Ser Val 10 15 20 ata gaa gac aca tgc agg cgc ttc gat ggt gct gacatc tac gat atc 149 Ile Glu Asp Thr Cys Arg Arg Phe Asp Gly Ala Asp IleTyr Asp Ile 25 30 35 tgc atc aag ttc ttc aag gcc aac aag gat agc gcc accacg gac aag 197 Cys Ile Lys Phe Phe Lys Ala Asn Lys Asp Ser Ala Thr ThrAsp Lys 40 45 50 55 cgt ggc ctt gct gtc atc gcc att ggg att gcc agt gcgaca gct gtg 245 Arg Gly Leu Ala Val Ile Ala Ile Gly Ile Ala Ser Ala ThrAla Val 60 65 70 gac acc cgc aag cgc gtc gcc acc ctg aag gcc gag gaa aaggat caa 293 Asp Thr Arg Lys Arg Val Ala Thr Leu Lys Ala Glu Glu Lys AspGln 75 80 85 att atc cag cat gtc ctc gcc tac tgt gac aat atg tac tcc agtgtt 341 Ile Ile Gln His Val Leu Ala Tyr Cys Asp Asn Met Tyr Ser Ser Val90 95 100 gtg ggc cta ttt gac aag gct gcc agg ggc atc tcg ttg ggc aggttg 389 Val Gly Leu Phe Asp Lys Ala Ala Arg Gly Ile Ser Leu Gly Arg Leu105 110 115 ggc gac gca gtg acg agc ctc agc tcc gca ctg gac att ccc aaatat 437 Gly Asp Ala Val Thr Ser Leu Ser Ser Ala Leu Asp Ile Pro Lys Tyr120 125 130 135 tgc gat gac aag ttc ctc gag gca ggc gtg aag tcg cca ttcgat gcc 485 Cys Asp Asp Lys Phe Leu Glu Ala Gly Val Lys Ser Pro Phe AspAla 140 145 150 gag aac agc gag ttc gag gtg caa tgt gca atc act ctg ggtgta acg 533 Glu Asn Ser Glu Phe Glu Val Gln Cys Ala Ile Thr Leu Gly ValThr 155 160 165 aag atg ctg acc atg tag ttagcgagtc ggcgaggaca tgaatgtggg581 Lys Met Leu Thr Met * 170 aaactacaat aagagtccat agtaatttcgatgagtaaac tcctcaaaat taataagccc 641 acaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaa 665<210> SEQ ID NO 53 <211> LENGTH: 172 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM:Triticum l. <400> SEQUENCE: 53 Met Arg Ser Pro Gln Ala Leu Ser Leu LeuVal Val Val Leu Leu Leu 1 5 10 15 Ala Ser Ser Ser Ala Ser Val Ile GluAsp Thr Cys Arg Arg Phe Asp 20 25 30 Gly Ala Asp Ile Tyr Asp Ile Cys IleLys Phe Phe Lys Ala Asn Lys 35 40 45 Asp Ser Ala Thr Thr Asp Lys Arg GlyLeu Ala Val Ile Ala Ile Gly 50 55 60 Ile Ala Ser Ala Thr Ala Val Asp ThrArg Lys Arg Val Ala Thr Leu 65 70 75 80 Lys Ala Glu Glu Lys Asp Gln IleIle Gln His Val Leu Ala Tyr Cys 85 90 95 Asp Asn Met Tyr Ser Ser Val ValGly Leu Phe Asp Lys Ala Ala Arg 100 105 110 Gly Ile Ser Leu Gly Arg LeuGly Asp Ala Val Thr Ser Leu Ser Ser 115 120 125 Ala Leu Asp Ile Pro LysTyr Cys Asp Asp Lys Phe Leu Glu Ala Gly 130 135 140 Val Lys Ser Pro PheAsp Ala Glu Asn Ser Glu Phe Glu Val Gln Cys 145 150 155 160 Ala Ile ThrLeu Gly Val Thr Lys Met Leu Thr Met 165 170 <210> SEQ ID NO 54 <211>LENGTH: 519 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Triticum l <400> SEQUENCE:54 atgaggtcgc cgcaagctct ctcgcttctt gttgttgtcc tcctccttgc ctcgtccagt 60gcttccgtca tagaagacac atgcaggcgc ttcgatggtg ctgacatcta cgatatctgc 120atcaagttct tcaaggccaa caaggatagc gccaccacgg acaagcgtgg ccttgctgtc 180atcgccattg ggattgccag tgcgacagct gtggacaccc gcaagcgcgt cgccaccctg 240aaggccgagg aaaaggatca aattatccag catgtcctcg cctactgtga caatatgtac 300tccagtgttg tgggcctatt tgacaaggct gccaggggca tctcgttggg caggttgggc 360gacgcagtga cgagcctcag ctccgcactg gacattccca aatattgcga tgacaagttc 420ctcgaggcag gcgtgaagtc gccattcgat gccgagaaca gcgagttcga ggtgcaatgt 480gcaatcactc tgggtgtaac gaagatgctg accatgtag 519

That which is claimed:
 1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising anucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: a) thenucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1; b) a nucleotide sequencehaving at least 95% sequence identity to the sequence set forth in SEQID NO:1, wherein said nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide havinginvertase inhibitor activity; and c) a nucleotide sequence that is acomplement of a) or b).
 2. The nucleic acid molecule of claim 1, whereinsaid sequence encodes an amino acid selected from the group consistingof: a) the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2[[.]]; and b) anamino sequence having 95% sequence identity to the sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO:2.
 3. A chimeric gene comprising a plant-functional promoteroperably linked to the nucleotide sequence of claim
 1. 4. The chimericgene of claim 3, wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes the amino acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.
 5. The chimeric gene of claim 3,wherein the nucleotide sequence is the sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO:1.
 6. The chimeric gene of claim 3, wherein said nucleotide sequenceis an antisense sequence of the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1.
 7. Avector comprising the chimeric gene of claim
 3. 8. A plant celltransformed with the chimeric gene of claim
 3. 9. A plant comprising thechimeric gene of claim
 3. 10. A transformed plant having incorporatedinto its genome a DNA molecule, said molecule comprising a nucleotidesequence operably linked to a promoter capable of driving expression ofa gene in a plant cell, wherein said nucleotide sequence is selectedfrom the group consisting of: a) a sequence encoding the amino acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2; b) the nucleotide sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO:1; c) a nucleotide sequence having at least 95% sequenceidentity to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, wherein saidnucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide having invertase inhibitoractivity; d) a nucleotide sequence that encodes an amino acid sequencehaving 95% sequence identity to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2; and e)nucleotide sequence that is a complement of any one of a)-d).
 11. Thetransformed plant of claim 10, wherein the nucleotide sequence is thenucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.
 12. The transformed plantof claim 11, wherein the nucleotide sequence is the nucleotide sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO:1.
 13. The transformed plant of claim 10, whereinsaid plant is a dicot.
 14. The transformed plant of claim 10, whereinsaid plant is a monocot.
 15. The transformed plant of claim 14, whereinsaid plant is maize.
 16. Transformed seed of the plant of any one ofclaims 13-15.
 17. A method for modulating invertase activity in a plant,said method comprising transforming said plant with a DNA construct,said construct comprising a promoter that drives expression in a plantcell operably linked with a nucleotide sequence selected from the groupconsisting of: a) a sequence encoding the amino acid sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO:2; b) the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1; c)a nucleotide sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to thesequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, wherein said nucleotide sequenceencodes a polypeptide having invertase inhibitor activity; d) anucleotide sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence having 95%sequence identity to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2; and e) nucleotidesequence that is a complement of any one of a)-d).
 18. A method forincreasing seed yield in a plant, said method comprising transformingsaid plant with a DNA construct, said construct comprising a promoterthat drives expression in a plant cell operably linked with a nucleotidesequence selected from the group consisting of: a) a sequence encodingthe amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2; b) the nucleotidesequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1; c) a nucleotide sequence having atleast 95% sequence identity to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1,wherein said nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide having invertaseinhibitor activity; d) a nucleotide sequence that encodes an amino acidsequence having 95% sequence identity to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2;and e) nucleotide sequence that is a complement of any one of a)-d). 19.A transformed plant cell having incorporated into its genome a DNAmolecule, said molecule comprising a promoter capable of drivingexpression of a gene in a plant cell operably linked to a nucleotidesequence selected from the group consisting of: a) a sequence encodingthe amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2; b) the nucleotidesequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1; c) a nucleotide sequence having atleast 95% sequence identity to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1,wherein said nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide having invertaseinhibitor activity; d) a nucleotide sequence that encodes an amino acidsequence having 95% identity to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2; and e)nucleotide sequence that is a complement of any one of a)-d).